Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Bee-eaters
Photo: DavidClode · Pixabay · Pixabay Content License (licence)
Call and song
Recording 1 · call, song
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About the Rainbow Bee-eater
Brightly colored bee-eater with yellow face with black mask, green and blue underparts, black tail streamers. Rust-colored underwing obvious in flight. Flocks hunt flying insects; often perch in trees and powerlines. Typically rather vocal, with a repeating insect-like ‘prr-prr’ call.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 9 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
