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 50% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Green Bee-eater sighting in Rajkot on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 15th most-seen of the 123 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.
July and September–November
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Green Bee-eater in Rajkot on a given day, against about 30% in December, the lowest month. Those are among Rajkot's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against almost none in February. August has too few records to rate.
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.
17th of 74
Of the 74 cities where we can rate Asian Green Bee-eater sightings, Rajkot ranks 17th at about 50%. The best odds are in Asansol (India, about 70%), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (India, about 60%) and Indore (India, about 60%).
Same order: Coraciiformes
The closest relatives of the Asian Green Bee-eater that you can see in Rajkot (order Coraciiformes, Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies) are White-throated Kingfisher (about 50%), Pied Kingfisher (about 20%) and Common Kingfisher (about 10%), 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 Rajkot (52 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.
