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Blue-tailed bee-eater snacking in Yala NP, Sri Lanka When you view this fullscreen, you can get a better look at the insect. I don't know the name of it, but its quite a thick and slow flying insect that is often seen. Asia,Blue-tailed Bee-eater,Merops philippinus,Sri Lanka,Yala Click/tap to enlarge

Blue-tailed bee-eater snacking in Yala NP, Sri Lanka

When you view this fullscreen, you can get a better look at the insect. I don't know the name of it, but its quite a thick and slow flying insect that is often seen.

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The Blue-tailed Bee-eater

The Blue-tailed Bee-eater is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India.

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Similar species: Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Rollers
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Apr 2, 2015. Captured Nov 13, 2014 10:36.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO160
  • 400mm