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Green Bee-eater – Specimen 1 – ssp. orientalis – Sub-Adult Male

Details

Subspecies: Merops orientalis orientalis (Latham, 1801)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-007001

Date: 26 September 2021
Gender: Sub-Adult Male
Location: Suigam, Banaskantha, Gujarat, INDIA
Reason of death: Roadkill, Head Trauma and Internal Bleeding

Overall

Weight: 10 gm
Wingspan: 275 mm
One wing: 128 mm
Body Length (With Streamers): 222 mm
Body Length (Without Streamers): 172 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 43.6 mm
Beak Length: 21.5 mm
Beak Width: 5.7 mm
Gape Length: 30.9 mm

Legs

Tarsometatarsus: 7.9 mm
Digit 1: 4.2 mm
Digit 2: 4.7 mm
Digit 3: 7.1 mm
Digit 4: 5.5 mm

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P9 (78.1 mm) Compare

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P7 (68.7 mm) Compare

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P6 (64.3 mm) Compare

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P4 (59.1 mm) Compare

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P3 (59.1 mm) Compare

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P2 (58.0 mm) Compare

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P1 (57.8 mm) Compare

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Secondaries/TertialsWing Feathers

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Alulas

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RectricesTail Feathers

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