Merops orientalis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), also known as the little green bee-eater, and just green bee-eater, is a bird species in the bee-eater family. It is resident or with short-distance seasonal movements, and is found widely distributed across Asia from coastal southern Iran east through the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam. Populations in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that were formerly assigned to this species (under the name green bee-eater) are now considered to be distinct species, the African green bee-eater and the Arabian green bee-eater. They are mainly insect eaters and they are found in grassland, thin scrub and forest often quite far from water. Several regional plumage variations are known and several subspecies have been named.
The Asian green bee-eater was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 using its current binomial name. Wikipedia →
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park Delhi | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Green Bee-eater sighting in Indore on a given day, based on 482 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 172 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Green Bee-eater in Indore on a given day, against about 30% in March and April, the lowest months. That is one of Indore's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 290 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Green Bee-eater sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 74
Of the 74 cities where we can rate Asian Green Bee-eater sightings, Indore ranks 3rd at about 60%. The best odds are in Asansol (India, about 70%) and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (India, about 60%).
Same order: Coraciiformes
The closest relatives of the Asian Green Bee-eater that you can see in Indore (order Coraciiformes, Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies) are White-throated Kingfisher (about 60%), Common Kingfisher (about 20%) and Indian Roller (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Green Bee-eater is recorded against all the birds logged in Indore (482 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
