Blue-breasted bee-eater

Blue-breasted bee-eater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: M. variegatus
Binomial name
Merops variegatus
Vieillot, 1817

The blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegatus) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Merops variegatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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