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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Southern Carmine Bee-eater* |
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Merops nubicoides |
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Description (10)
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Southern Carmine Bee-eater
© nejohnston.org
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Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
Size
38 cm
First Described (Guide)
Des Murs & Pucheran, 1846
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).
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 (10)...)
Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) [XC354023]
by Derek Solomon from Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa (song)
Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) [XC84144]
by Peter Boesman from South Luangwa National Park Wamilombe, Zambia (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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Southern Carmine Bee-eater see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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