Boehm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi)

Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1882

Habitat
Dry savanna. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry and moist shrubland, moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

South-eastern Zaire, south-western Tanzania and Zambia, with disjunct population in eastern Tanzania and Malawi and adjacently in Mozambique.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

B\u00f6hm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi) [XC890627]
by Marc Anderson from Kafue National Park, Zambia (call)

B\u00f6hm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi) [XC499922]
by Bram Piot from Masaiti, Copperbelt Province, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
Has sometimes been placed together with White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis) in genus Aerops, as both species combine long outer primary with some characters of small Melittophagus group (comprising Blue-headed Bee-eater (Merops muelleri), Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis), Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus), Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates), Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki) and White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)) and with some features of large Merops species. A somewhat enigmatic species, doubtfully allied with Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Boehms Bee-eater (Merops boehmi) - 10 files

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