Blue-tailed Bee-eater
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Merops philippinus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Cuc Phuong National Park
1 Verified records at Cuc Phuong National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is a bee-eater species mostly seen in open habitats close to water. It is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia where many populations are strongly migratory, and seen seasonally in many parts but breeding colonially in small areas across their range, mostly in river valleys, where they nest by tunneling into loamy sand banks. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Cuc Phuong National Park

Common Kingfisher
LC

Common Kingfisher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Alcedo atthis

20–30% · Possible
White-throated Kingfisher
LC

White-throated Kingfisher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Halcyon smyrnensis

10–20% · With luck
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
NT

Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ceyx erithaca

Insufficient data
Dollarbird
LC

Dollarbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eurystomus orientalis

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Blue-tailed Bee-eater at Cuc Phuong National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
3 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
4 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
5 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
6 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
7 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
8 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
9 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
10 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
11 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
12 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
13 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
14 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
15 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
16 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
17 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
18 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
19 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
20 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
21 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
22 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
23 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
24 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
25 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
26 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
27 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
28 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
29 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
30 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
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