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Southern Carmine Bee-eater

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Photo by mjbmjbmjb Cuango valley, northern Angola
Photo by mjbmjbmjb
Cuango valley, northern Angola
Merops nubicoides

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[edit] Identification

Carmine with blue crown and undertail coverts.

[edit] Distribution

Central and southern Africa: North-eastern South Africa, northern and eastern Botswana and north-eastern Namibia, north to Gabon, eastern Zaire and Kenya.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland, savanna, low-altitude river valleys and floodplains, arid Acacia shrublands.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nest is at the end of a 1-2m long burrow in an earthen bank, and 2-5 eggs are laid.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes bees and other flying insects.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view

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