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	Chestnut-headed Bee-eater - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It is predominantly green, with blue on the rump and lower belly.
		Its face and throat are yellow with a fl eye stripe, and the crown and nape are rich chestnut.
		As the name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Merops_leschenaulti (231 words)

	Bee-eater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a group of birds which breeds in open country in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Old World.
		Just as the expressive name reveals, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sallies from an open perch.
		Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bee-eater (167 words)

	Bee-eaters (Meropidae) - MavicaNET
		Carmine Bee-eaters are carmine in color, except for its greenish blue head and throat, and the bold fl mask-like stripe across their eyes. Their eyes are red and they have a fl pointed decurved beak.
		We investigated the interaction between raiding blue-bearded bee eaters (Nyctyornis athertoni) and counter-attacking bees in an aggregation of 50 giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) colonies on a bee tree in Assam, India.
		The Indian roller is brilliantly colored having bright green feathers on its body and reddish purple feather on the wing.
	www.mavicanet.com /directory/nld/22931.html (292 words)

	Bee - eaters of Thailand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Green Bee - eater / Merops orientalis S : 20
		Chestnut - headed Bee - eater / Merops leschenaulti S : 23
		Blue - throated Bee - eater / Merops viridis S : 28
	www.zyworld.com /NAKARIN/plate67beeeaters.htm (79 words)

	1st Goa resource site : all Goa and Goa Trance at a Glance: Wildlife
		and is camel yellow in colour with a fl border on the scales in the head and tail region.
		The head is triangular, with very thin scales.
		The body is brown in colour with three chains of elliptical marks, one over the dorsal and two on the lateral sides of the snake.
	www.goanet.com /text/general/wildlife.htm (1247 words)

	Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Next day we depart at dawn by jeep and head for the Sinharaja Rain Forest, one of the least disturbed and biologically unique lowland evergreen rain forest now remaining in Sri Lanka.
		It is home to 85 per cent of the endemics, and we hope to find several of the mixed-species flocks which are such a feature here.
		Today we head for the southern coastal town of Hambantota, which is surrounded by saltpans and lagoons with a variety of waders.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /tours2000/srilanka.htm (1477 words)

	South Andaman 20th February-6th March 2002
		The right fork heads into a plantation so take the left fork, which runs along the wall of a small reservoir.
		The head was grey compared to the otherwise brown upperparts and brown and white streaked underside.
		Most birds had a grey head with a pale supercilium, lime green mantle and yellow vent and throat (some with white belly, some yellow).
	www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/Andaman-02.htm (5621 words)

	Bird Watching tours to Sri Lanka, Nature tours to Sri Lanka, Adventure tours Sri Lanka
		Yellow, Chestnut (Cinnamon) and Black Bitterns, Watercock, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Blyth’s Reed and Pallas’s Grasshopper Warblers, Loten’s (Long – billed) Sunbird...
		Yellow, Chestnut (Cinnamon) and Black Bitterns, Cotton Teal (Pygmy-goose), Pheasant- tailed Jacana, Watercock and many other water birds, Blue faced Malkoha, Brown Fish Owl, Stork billed Kingfisher, Black – backed Yellow (White napped) Woodpecker, Clamorous reed Warbler.
		A large park in the dry zone comprising scrubland, grass flats, monsoon forest and rock out crops with waterholes; it includes much of the south –east coast of the island.
	www.donvoyage.com /htmls/birding.htm (562 words)

	Bird watching Trip Report from Langtang Valley of Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A large eagle flying along a ridge at the head of the Langtang valley near to Langsisa Kharak on the 5
		One on the Trisuli Khola at the head of the valley on the 29
		was seen reasonably well, it’s chestnut crown and grayish body all being indicative of this species, as it moved through the bushy scrub at the side of the ravine.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/nepal/nepal5/LANGTANG-NEPAL2001.htm (3896 words)

	Malaysia
		As we watched Purple Swamphens feeding in a marshy area, a Barred Buttonquail scuttled along the brush at the shoreline and a female Baya Weaver fed on grass stalks.
		We encountered a number of bird waves, with Long Tailed Sibia, Chestnut Crowned Laughingthrush, Mountain Fulvetta and Golden Babbler being a few of the many species.
		Later on the route, we picked up Red headed Trogon, Large Niltava, Javan (Malayan) Cuckoo Shrike, Streaked Spiderhunter, and Greater Racquet Tailed Drongo.
	www.ontfin.com /Trips/Malaysia/Malaysia.htm (868 words)

	VietnamBirding
		Torrential rain, cold winds, and fog so dense you could scoop it up with a spoon, all conspire to prevent us seeing any of the spectacular birds which reside around Tam Dao.
		We cut this one short and head to Cuc Phuong ahead of schedule.
		The rivers of mist waterfalling down the side of the mountain was quite spectacular, however.
	wholewideworld.tripod.com /VietnamBirding.htm (431 words)

	langkawi-e
		The head is under molting while the throat is still barred.
		The head is yellow without clear fl eye-stripe while the wing is mainly fl with only a yellow spot on the primary wing cover.
		It is entirely bright yellow on the head, neck, throat, breast, shoulder and the belly.
	bluebonnet.at.infoseek.co.jp /langkawi-e.htm (1895 words)

	* Bee-eater - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Jacamars seem to be related to kingfishers but in looks and behaviour are very like the bee-eaters of the Old World - a good example of convergent evolution...
		not because these birds eat bees, but because the French of Louisiana are fond of bee-eaters.
		I have seen some of these birds that had the shafts of the tail-feathers reaching a quarter of an inch beyond the end of the webs...
	en.mimi.hu /bird/beeeater.html (155 words)

	ThailandBirding
		To get there, head for the military base instead of the park entrance once you've paid admission.
		This is a great park, but for some reason the park staff are very unwilling to rent out the park bungalows - perhaps because they're quite grotty and considerably overpriced.
		Back in Thailand after a few weeks in Vietnam, we headed down to Krabi.
	wholewideworld.tripod.com /ThailandBirding.htm (1540 words)

	Sri Lanka Wildlife Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bizarre Greater Racket-tailed Drongos herald the arrival of mixed foraging parties in the forest and, as the afternoon cools and the exotic chorus of cicadas and tree-frogs begins, weíll go in search of two of the islandís rarest and shyest endemics - Green-billed Coucal and Spot-winged Thrush.
		Oriental Magpie-robin and Yellow-browed Bulbul head the cast of dawn chorus songsters, and we may be lucky to see the endemic Chestnut-backed Owlet.
		Heading south after breakfast, Ratnapura will be our base for the next three nights.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /tours2003/srilanka.html (1645 words)

	Birdwatching and Wildlife Holidays in Sri Lanka with The Travelling Naturalist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bizarre Greater Racket-tailed Drongos (the local race of which strangely lacks rackets) herald the arrival of mixed foraging parties in the forest and, as the afternoon cools and the exotic chorus of cicadas and tree-frogs begins, we'll go in search of two of the island's rarest and shyest endemics - Green-billed Coucal and Spot-winged Thrush.
		A more leisurely start today as we head south-east and enter Sri Lanka's dry zone, making a visit to Udawalawe National Park en route.
		Flanked by the Kaltota escarpment, Udawalawe is an extensive area of scrub jungle and abandoned teak plantations.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /tours2004/srilanka.html (1697 words)

	Avian Watch Asia - Green and blue bearded bee eater
		The reason that it can be confusing is that on Singapore the race ferrugeiceps of the Green Bee-eater differs in appearance from the other races of orientalis because it has a brown or chestnut colored head.
		To separate all of these, the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater has a white or cream-yellow throat; the Blue-throated Bee-eater, has a white rump and has the chestnut of the head extending backward onto the mantle, and normally has much more light blue on the breast and belly.
		The Merops phillipinus (blue-tailed bee eater) and Merops viridis (blue-throated bee eater).
	www.avianwatchasia.org /forums/archive/index.php/t-1341.html (1069 words)

	Tour Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During our journey through the island we will cover all the principal habitats, including the lowland and foothill rainforests of the wet zone, the jungles and coastal lagoons of the dry zone and the grasslands and cloud forests of the highlands.
		On arrival we head eastwards to Kitulgala in the foothills.
		Our next point of call is the superb Sinharaja Forest, the largest tract of surviving rainforest in Sri Lanka and home to the majority of the island's endemic birds.
	www.birdquest.co.uk /tours_easybird_detail.cfm?TourID=394 (2259 words)

	WINGS Birding Tours to Sri Lanka: 2005 Tour Narrative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The following day saw us up early as we headed to the world-renown Sinharaja National Park where we enjoyed fantastic views of Barred Buttonquail, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, two pairs of Red-faced Malkoha, umpteen Malabar Trogons, at least eight Sri Lanka Mynas and a couple of pairs of White-faced Starlings.
		Those in the lead jeeps also encountered a singing White-rumped Shama while all of us were treated to a fine encounter with two species of nightjar, Jerdon's and Indian.
		The next morning we headed to neighbouring Bundala National Park, a reserve that often produces encounters with coastal specialities such as Crested and Lesser Crested Tern and Small Pratincole.
	wingsbirds.com /narratives/srilanka.htm (1148 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- February 2002, week 1 (#66)
		Seen in Kathmandu in forest surrounding temples of Swayamshunath and Pashupatinath.
		1 seen along river at bee hives near Landslide.
		A pair was seen from the bus near Trisuli.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0202a&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=6964 (622 words)

	pictures of chestnut headed bee eater - Nikon F80 / N80 camera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		In the morning I walked around our home garden I saw this chestnut headed bee eaters are enjoying there life.
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	www.usefilm.com /image/625835.html (91 words)

	ENVIRONMENT PORTAL---------From:Learn Nature Computech, RAIPUR......................... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CHESTNUT HEADED BEE EATER Merops leschenaulti, Size :Bulbul,Head upper back bright chestnut,chin and throat yellow
		WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW Hirindo smithii,thin tail streamers are not noticeable in flight.
		GREEN BEE EATER Merops orientalis, Size: Sparrow,Grass green bird tinged with reddish brown on head and neck
	www.learnnature.com /wildlife/Bird.asp (714 words)

	Birding Trip Report to Sri Lanka 1999
		Though more or less confined to the vehicle the birding was still good and the drivers happy to stop at any time on request.
		Did a little more birding outside the park entrance seeing Barred Buttonquail and Blue-faced Malkoha before heading back to Tissa.
		First Yodha Wewa where we saw a colony of Baya Weavers and Ashy Woodswallow.
	www.bubo.org /trips/srilan01.htm (6724 words)

	Java and Bali 1996-97
		Birding highlights: Javan Kingfisher, Small Minivet, Coppersmith Barbet, Chestnut Munia.
		Glossy Swiftlets were most abundant during the middle of the day, but later in the afternoon, particularly before rain, other species were common over the town, heading toward the limestone caves of the park.
		During one afternoon before rain I looked at about 1,000 overflying swiftlets at Pangandaran from a second story balcony, and estimated the proportions to be roughly
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/JavaBali96.html (5252 words)

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