Species factsheet

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)

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

Danish name: Svalehalebiæder

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

chrysolaimus

Senegal to Central African Republic

heuglini

ne DR Congo, n Uganda, s Sudan and sw Ethiopia

furcatus

se DR Congo and Tanzania south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique

hirundineus

Angola through Namibia and Botswana to n South Africa

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