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- Merops oreobates
Identification
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Equatorial Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Forest clearings, woodland, urban gardens, 1600m a.s.l.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet mostly of flying insects - bees, moths, dragonflies, etc.
Breeding
They nest in burrows.
References
- 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
- Avibase
- Kenya Birds
- AvianWeb
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinnamon-chested_Bee-eater
