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 LC    African Green Bee-eater* Id (Atlas):
    Merops viridissimus

Description (10)
Image of African Green Bee-eater
 

Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
16 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swainson, 1837

Range (Guide)
Senegal across to northern and central Ethiopia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis).
 
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

 
African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus) [XC276832]
     by Peter Boesman from Gambela, Dembidolo Road, Ethiopia (call)

 
African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus) [XC425441]
     by Bram Piot from Janjanbureh, Janjanbureh, Central River, Gambia (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus) - 10 files


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