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Blue tailed bee eater


Blue tailed bee eater
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Copyright: Arjun Haarith (Arjun) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 306 W: 3 N: 781] (3686)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D200, Sigma 100-300 f/4 EX HSM
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-09 10:28
Viewed: 588
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory.

This species is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, M. persicus.


Blue-tailed Bee-eater from behind, showing the blue rump and tailThis species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly-coloured, slender bird. It is predominantly green; its face has a narrow blue patch with a black eye stripe, and a yellow and brown throat; the tail is blue and the beak is black. It can reach a length of 23-26 cm, including the two elongated central tail feathers. Sexes are alike.

This is a bird which breeds in sub-tropical open country, such as farmland, parks or ricefields. It is most often seen near large waterbodies. Like other bee-eaters it predominantly eats insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch.This species probably takes bees and dragonflies in roughly equal numbers. The insect that are caught are beaten on the perch to kill and break the exoskeleton. This habit is seen in many other members of the coraciiformes order.

These bee-eaters are gregarious, nesting colonially in sandy banks or open flat areas. They make a relatively long tunnel in which the 5 to 7 spherical white eggs are laid. Both the male and the female take care of the eggs. These birds also feed and roost communally. The call is similar to that of the European Bee-eater.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Meropidae

Genus: Merops

Species: M. philippinus


Binomial name
Merops philippinus

I shot this near a lake which is on the outskirts of Mysore.The place is called Naguvanahalli..

Source: Wikipedia
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Hi Arjun,

Another great picture of this beautiful bird I have never seen but is very high on my list to capture. Nice composition, sharp details, nice BG and bright colours.

TFS

Pekka

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1321 W: 72 N: 2795] (9267)
  • [2008-05-09 11:25]

Hello Arjun,
What a beauty! Excellent clear colours, POV and sharp details. Beautiful OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 729 W: 119 N: 1056] (4659)
  • [2008-05-09 11:26]

i love bee-eaters! :-) they are so pretty. excellent capture, wonderful colors and a great pose with it sitting on the nice
branch. i hope i will once see this beautiful bird in "real life" sometimes. well done & best wishes, thor.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2096 W: 9 N: 5879] (22262)
  • [2008-05-09 13:49]

Hi very short of time tonight just a note to say a great picture. well done TFS .
Nick..

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2084 W: 6 N: 2090] (13487)
  • [2008-05-09 14:27]

Hola amigo,
bello disparo y buen foco y color...
hermoso trabajo,
saludos

Hi Arjun,
beautiful colorful shot of this bee-eater. Nice POV and sharpness!
Well done
TFS
Vanessa

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1871 W: 8 N: 4868] (15759)
  • [2008-05-11 9:53]

Hi Arjun,

I would love to see one of these one day. Wonderful shot of the beautiful Bee Eater. An excellent pose to show off his profile his plummage of many colors. Colors and details of the face, eye, plummage and wings are superb.

Jane

Bonsoir Arjun
Un grand bravo pour ces couleurs si nettes.
le sujet est splendide, la photo est une grande et belle réussite
Merci
à bientôt
Laurent

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  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 273 W: 17 N: 300] (1618)
  • [2008-05-22 10:59]

Merhaba Arjun,
Great photo in wonderful colours. very good sharpness, details, POV and composition.
Regards,
Hüseyin

Hello Arjun,
Beautiful portrait of this Blue-tailed Bee-eater.
Good POV and DOF.
Well composed.
TFS
Annick

Hello Arjun,
a very elegantly captured, most beautiful bee-eater. I like the delightful colours, the clear and well reduced, well balanced composition. Thank you!
With best regards,
Peter

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