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 LC    Black-headed Bee-eater* Id (Atlas):
    Merops breweri

Description (10)
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Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
25 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, heavily degraded former forest, dry savanna, inland wetlands, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan.

South-eastern Nigeria (Igalaland Plateau); northern Central African Republic (near Ndélé); Gabon, Cabinda (northern Angola), Congo and eastern Zaire (Kinshasa to Bandundu on R Kasai, north to Bangui and east to Bambili on R Uele, east to Banalia on R Aruwimi); and north-eastern Zaire (near Etiga) and south-western Sudan (Bangangai Forest). Formerly also south-central Ghana; recently recorded in Ivory Coast.
 
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

 
Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri) [XC757531]
     by Deville Tanguy from Pointe Pongara, Komo-Mondah, Estuaire, Gabon (call)

 
Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri) [XC822840]
     by id from Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Democratic Republic) (call)

Subspecies
Has been placed in monotypic genus Bombylonax on account of its robust bill and some similarities to Purple-bearded Bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni). However, its biology is now better known, and it appears to be a typical Merops.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri) - 10 files


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