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

White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis

Described by: Vieillot (1817)
Alternate common name(s): Black-crowned Bee-eater
Old scientific name(s): Aerops albicollis

Photographs

Location unknown - Date unknown © Dan Marsh  Kenya - Jan, 2000 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Bijilo Forest Park, The Gambia - Feb 6, 2004 © Ben van den Broek  Bijilo Forest Park, The Gambia - Feb 6, 2004 © Ben van den Broek  The Gambia - Dec, 2002 © Ben van den Broek 
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Range

Sahael zone of Africa and sw. Arabia;
N. Senegambia, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen, Kenya and possibly Uganda. Occurs from s. Mauritania, s. Mali, Sendgambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s. Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, c. Chad, c. Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and sw. Arabia (Yemen) s. in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Cabinda, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and n. Tanzania.
Winters in the rain forests of West Africa.

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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