Asian Green Bee-eater
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Asian Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Horton Plains National Park
4 Verified records at Horton Plains National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Horton Plains National Park

Blue-tailed Bee-eater
LC

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Merops philippinus

30–40% · Possible
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
LC

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Merops leschenaulti

Insufficient data
European Bee-eater
LC

European Bee-eater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Merops apiaster

Insufficient data
White-throated Kingfisher
LC

White-throated Kingfisher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Halcyon smyrnensis

<5% · Rare
Stork-billed Kingfisher
LC

Stork-billed Kingfisher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pelargopsis capensis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Asian Green Bee-eater at Horton Plains National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
80–90%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
70–80%
3 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
50–60%
4 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
5 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
50–60%
6 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
40–50%
7 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
8 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
9 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
40–50%
10 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
11 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
12 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
13 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
14 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
15 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
16 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
17 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
18 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
19 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
20 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
21 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
22 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
23 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
24 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
25 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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