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Sighting 4368871

Merops ornatus

Rainbow Bee-eater at WREN Reserves

Merops ornatus at WREN Reserves - 26 Jan 2021 04:10 PM
Merops ornatus at WREN Reserves - 26 Jan 2021 04:10 PM
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Identification history

Merops ornatus 27 Jan 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Merops ornatus 26 Jan 2021 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

I went out to catch the thermals and thinking I'd get Nankeen Kestrels - but on photo review I see I've got Rainbow Bee Eaters instead. Lucky me.

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Species information

  • Merops ornatus Scientific name
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 800m Recorded at altitude
  • 259 images trained Machine learning

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