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| Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis orientalis
- Regurgitating a pellet |
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| Photographer : | © Abhijeet Ramesh Jagtap |
| Location : | Bhandup Mangroves, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Date : |
12 October 2014 |
| English synonyms: | Small Bee-eater, Little Green Bee-eater, Small Green Bee-eater, Ceylon Green Bee-eater (ceylonicus), Asian Green Bee-eater |
| Bird Family : | Meropidae - Bee-eaters |
| Bird Group : | CORACIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | Regurgitation is the expulsion of material from the pharynx, or
oesophagus, usually characterized by the presence of undigested food or
blood.
It flew after puking this pellet out and caught one butterfly of even
much bigger size. - ARJ |
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