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Rufous-crowned Bee-eater
Merops americanus Müller, PLS, 1776
Meropidae — Bee-eaters
Rufous-crowned Bee-eater, Merops americanus, is a bird of the Philippines, where it is widespread across the archipelago except the Sulu Archipelago. It belongs to the bee-eater family and is placed in the order Coraciiformes. Its crown and mantle are rufous-brown, and its throat and cheeks are a paler greenish-blue than those of the blue-throated bee-eater, with which it has often been confused. It lives in open country and clearings beside forest, including scrub and cogon fields, and uses dead trees and telephone wires as perches. It breeds from February to May in communal burrows on slopes and banks.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae — Bee-eaters
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Philippines (except Sulu Arch.)
