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Common Name

White Fronted Bee Eater

Alternate Names

Common Type

Bee Eater

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Meropidae

Genus

Merops

Species

bullockoides

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola, Kenya

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

African sub equatorial savanah regions of open country often near gullies.

Distribution and Range

Sub Equatorial Africa

Food

Primarily bees taken on the wing but also other flying insects depending upon season and availability of prey.

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Field Notes:

Two hunting methods have been observed. They either make quick hawking flights from lower branches of shrubs and trees, or glide slowly down from their perch and hover briefly to catch insects

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