Species factsheet

Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)

Order: Merops variegatus
Family: Bee-eaters (Meropidae)

Danish name: Blåkravet Biæder

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

lafresnayii

Ethiopia and se Sudan

loringi

se Nigeria and Cameroon to Uganda and w Kenya

variegatus

Gabon to c DR Congo and n Angola

bangweoloensis

e Angola to se DR Congo, Zambia and w Tanzania

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