Merops philippinus 23-26cm
Neela Vaal Panchuruttan in Tamil (நீலவால்பஞ்சுருட்டான்)
Breeds in N and NE subcontinent; winters in peninsula and Sri Lanka. Blue rump, tail and undertail coverts. Chestnut throat. Forehead and supercilium are mainly green and concolorous with crown, with touch of blue on supercilium. Chestnut of throat extends onto ear coverts, and blue streak below black mask is less extensive than in blue-cheeked and lacks green in lower ear coverts. Green upperparts and underparts washed with brown and blue. Juvenile differs from juvenile blue cheeked in having strong blue cast to tail and more extensive rufous throat. Near water in wooded country.
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