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Pair of Blue-tailed Bee-eaters, Yala, Sri Lanka About 2 seconds before one of them flies out for a butterfly catch:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/29987/blue-tailed_bee-eater_with_a_butterfly_catch.html" title="Blue-tailed Bee-eater with a butterfly catch"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/29987_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=0TlJYtnsvonurkbN3lmiK8kiBqw%3D" width="126" height="152" alt="Blue-tailed Bee-eater with a butterfly catch Captured in Yala, Sri Lanka. Asia,Blue-tailed Bee-eater,Merops philippinus,Sri Lanka,Yala" /></a></figure><br /> They are very successful hunters. They make very brief flights, and almost never return empty-handed. Asia,Blue-tailed Bee-eater,Merops philippinus,Sri Lanka,Yala Click/tap to enlarge

Pair of Blue-tailed Bee-eaters, Yala, Sri Lanka

About 2 seconds before one of them flies out for a butterfly catch:

Blue-tailed Bee-eater with a butterfly catch Captured in Yala, Sri Lanka. Asia,Blue-tailed Bee-eater,Merops philippinus,Sri Lanka,Yala

They are very successful hunters. They make very brief flights, and almost never return empty-handed.

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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 May 13, 2015. Captured Nov 14, 2014 15:14.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO720
  • 400mm