The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
1
3
62
journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409
2513-9894
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805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D
RAINBOW BEE-EATER
Merops ornatus
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Local name
Man Pirpir (Sansundi).
Range
Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Yapen.
Status
Austral migrant. Widespread and common in heavily degraded woodland, forest edge, scrub and farmland, occasionally the canopy of primary forest up to
c
.
350 m
; common in June‒October with a record of five in April (KDB).