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Common Name

Blue Breasted Bee Eater

Alternate Names

Common Type

Bee Eater

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Meropidae

Genus

Merops

Species

variegatus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Variety of habitats, ranging from reedy lake shores to savanna grass lands.

Distribution and Range

Central African countries

Food

Perch in bushes for prety then will catch in the air a variety of insects with the majority being honey and halictid bees.

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Field Notes:

Parents and offspring will remain very social after the young have fledged the nest and they can even be found together up until the beginning of the next breeding season

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