Rainbow Bee-eater

Rainbow Bee-eater

Merops ornatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
60–70% · Likely
overall probability at Kakadu National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
50–60
Feb
40–50
Mar
40–50
Apr
60–70
May
70–80
Jun
70–80
Jul
70–80
Aug
50–60
Sep
50–60
Oct
50–60
Nov
50–60
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
60–70%
2 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
3 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
4 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
5 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
6 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
8 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
9 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
11 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
12 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
13 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
14 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Rainbow Bee-eater in Kakadu National Park?

About 65% of visitor-days record a Rainbow Bee-eater sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 889 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Rainbow Bee-eater in Kakadu National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Rainbow Bee-eater in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.

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