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Common Name

White Throated Bee Eater

Alternate Names

Common Type

Bee Eater

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Meropidae

Genus

Merops

Species

albicollis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Ethiopia, Uganda,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Breeding in semi desert and winters in equatorial rain forests.

Distribution and Range

Breeds in s edge of Sub Saharan Africa and sw Arabia; winters in w Africa from Senegal to uganda

Food

From predominant perch spots then flies out to catch on the wing: bees, wasps and hornets plus ants and beetles.

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