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Photo of male by AdamRiley
Atewa Range, Ghana, December 2011

Includes Blue-moustached Bee-eater

Merops mentalis

Identification

Distribution

West Africa: Found from Mali and Sierra Leone to Cameroon

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Blue-headed Bee-eater.

Habitat

Canopy of lowland rain forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes small butterflies, honeybees and other large insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Birdforum thread with among other things discussion of possible split of this species

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External Links

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