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 LC    Southern Carmine Bee-eater* Id (Atlas):
    Merops nubicoides

Description (10)
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Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
38 cm

First Described (Guide)
Des Murs & Pucheran, 1846

Range (Guide)
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia (B), Zimbabwe (B).

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.

Food
Bees and other flying insects, including grasshoppers and locusts.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) [XC339276]
     by Alan Collett from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (call)

 
Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) [XC189472]
     by Peter Boesman from Sesheke, Caprivi, Namibia (call)

Nest
In a tunnel in a cliff, usually near river banks. In large colonies.

Subspecies
Considered by some authors as a subspecies of Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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