Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Bee-eaters :: Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides

Described by: Des Murs; Pucheran (1846)
Alternate common name(s): Ruby Bee-eater
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Location unknown - Date unknown © Dan Marsh  Location unknown - Date unknown © Dan Marsh  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Botswana - Aug, 2002 © Tom Stephenson  Okavango, Botswana - Aug, 2002 © Tom Stephenson 
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Range

S. tropical Africa;
N. Angola, sw., sc. and ce. Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, w. and s. Tanzania and s. to Zambia, Malawi, ne. Namibia, n. and e. Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and e. South Africa (Transvaal and e. Natal).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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