Rosy Bee-eater (Merops malimbicus)

Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
22 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shaw, 1806

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry savanna. Also, inland wetlands, pastureland, arable land.

Range (Guide)

Angola (B), Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon (B), Ghana, Nigeria (B), Togo.

Nigeria south to Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cabinda (northern Angola), and western and west-central Zaire. Regular migrant west to western Ghana.

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 (13)...)

Rosy Bee-eater (Merops malimbicus) [XC497456]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Matek Mavie, Estuaire, Gabon (flight call)

Rosy Bee-eater (Merops malimbicus) [XC40011]
by James Lidster from Gamba area, Gabon (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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