1 Rainbow Bee Tiger (scientific name: Merops ornatus) Medium-sized greenery bee tiger. The primary flight feathers are pale red, the margins are green, and the wingtips are dark grey. The jaws and cheeks are stained yellow. From the corner of the mouth to the ear feathers, there is a wide black stripe, and a thin light blue feather at the lower edge. The throat is reddish brown with a black triangular marking under the throat. The chest and back are green. The tail feathers are black and the undertail coverts are aqua blue. The mouth is slender and curved, and the tail has a streamer.
China Branch Taiwan and other places
It mainly preys on bees and wasps. Other predators include butterflies, moths, bean maidens, dragonflies, beetles, and most flying insects. Mostly forage in flight, quickly flying from the stranded wires or between dead branches. Migration: Up to 500 individual groups can migrate. Groups found in Australia and New Guinea migrate to the northern islands in winter to overwinter.
The breeding season is married as monogamous and cooperative breeding. During the breeding period, flocks of birds burrow in flat land, low river banks, and low depressions on ridges, and can accommodate up to 50 holes in a nesting area. The spawning period varies from place to place, from about September to November around Australia, from September to September in New Guinea, and from mid-September to December in South Australia, generally laying a litter of eggs per breeding season, with 3 to 7 eggs per clutch