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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Black Bee-eater* |
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Merops gularis |
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Description (10)
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Black Bee-eater
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Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
Size
20 cm
First Described (Guide)
Shaw, 1798
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, dry savanna, inland wetlands, plantations.
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)
Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis) [XC351753]
by Pawe\u0142 Szyma\u0144ski from Kakum NP (walkway), Ghana (call)
Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis) [XC303230]
by Hans Matheve from American University of Central Africa (AUCA), Equatorial Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Formerly sometimes joined with Blue-headed Bee-eater (Merops muelleri) in genus Meropiscus. Has been placed with other small, round-winged species lacking tail-streamers in genus Mellitophagus, comprising present species and Blue-headed Bee-eater (Merops muelleri), Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus), Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates), Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki) and White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides). Subspecies intergrade in south-eastern Nigeria.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- gularis Shaw, 1798 - Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea and southern Mali east to south-eastern Nigeria.
- australis (Reichenow, 1885) - South-eastern Nigeria or western Cameroon through Congo Basin to western Uganda and northern Angola.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Black Bee-eater see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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