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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Somali Bee-eater* |
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Merops revoilii |
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Description (10)
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Somali Bee-eater
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Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
Size
17 cm
First Described (Guide)
Oustalet, 1882
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna, sand dunes, hot desert, arable land.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of].
Vagrant to Saudi Arabia.
Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia and northern and eastern Kenya.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
Affinities within Merops by no means certain, but some evidence that it is closest to the Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki)/White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) superspecies. Possibly a close relative of White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
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