CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   839)               CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER               Merops leschenaulti

MALAYSIA                21

Found in open broad-leafed, evergreen, semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forest and bamboo, forest edge and clearings, coastal scrubs, mangrove, island forests, sometimes plantations up to 1,830 m. 21-22.5 cm. Fairly common resident in northern Malaysian Peninsula, uncommon non-breeding visitor to the south.

CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER

Subspecies leschenaulti, photographed March 2017

(*  839)               CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER                Merops leschenaulti 

SRI LANKA               68

Found in forests, thinly wooded areas and open country with trees. 18-20 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident locally from lowlands to mid hills.     

CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER

Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal, March 2017

(*  839)                    CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER               Merops leschenaulti

NEPAL              140

Open broadleaf forest, often near water. 18-20 cm. mainly a summer visitor, some resident at lower altitudes.

CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(839)              CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER              Merops leschenaulti  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (53)        

Prefers dry woodlands and savanna with scattered trees, never inhabits closed forest; often on coastal lowlands. 20 cms. Range:Oriental region: widespread but generally scare resident on Sumatra, Java and Bali; Indonesia southern limit of its distribution.