Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Bee-eaters :: White-fronted Bee-eater

White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides

Described by: Smith, A. (1834)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Melittophagus bullockoides, Merops bulockoides

Photographs

Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Kenya - Aug, 2003 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Okavango, Botswana - Aug, 2002 © Tom Stephenson  Botswana - Aug, 2002 © Tom Stephenson 
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Range

S. tropical Africa;
Single main population with a small isolated population;
(1) W. Gabon, sw. Congo to s. Angola, sw. to ne. Zaire, sw. Rwanda, Burundi, w. and c. Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe to ne. Namibia, n. and e. Botswana and South Africa (Natal).
(2) Isolated population in s. Tanzania.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

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

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