RAINBOW BEE-EATER Merops ornatus #

Local name Man Pirpir (Sansundi).

Range Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Austral migrant. Widespread and common in heavily degraded woodland, forest edge, scrub and farmland, occasionally the canopy of primary forest up to c. 350 m; common in June‒October with a record of five in April (KDB).