| Rainbow bee-eater | |
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| Perching on a drinking fountain in Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Meropidae |
| Genus: | Merops |
| Species: | M. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Merops ornatus Latham, 1801
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The rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Merops ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683753A92998888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683753A92998888.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.