Description
Merops philippinus, Linn
Date 1850-83
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6900264266
Author Gould, John; Sharpe, Richard Bowdler
Full title Birds of Asia / by John Gould.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_of_Asia_-_by_John_Gould_(Plate_36)_(6900264266).jpg

The blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops philippinus Linnaeus, 1766