chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) Description
English: Plate 8. Merops urica. Javanese Bee-eater.
Modern accepted name (2012) is M. leschenaulti quinticolor.
Date January 1820
Source Zoological Illustrations, Volume I.
Author William Swainson, F.R.S., F.L.S.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoological_Illustrations_Volume_I_Plate_8.jpg
The chestnut-headed bee-eater or bay-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging from India east to Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817
