White-throated bee-eater

White-throated bee-eater
male and female in Kenya and Uganda respectively
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species:
M. albicollis
Binomial name
Merops albicollis
Vieillot, 1817
Synonyms

Aerops albicollis

The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. It breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara, Africa. The white-throated bee-eater is migratory, wintering in a completely different habitat in the equatorial rain forests of Africa from southern Senegal to Uganda.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Merops albicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683714A92997462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683714A92997462.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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