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Photo © by nigelblake
shot in Gambia

Identification

Sub-Saharan Africa: Senegambia to western Ethiopia

Merops bulocki has two subspecies:^[1]

Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Red-throated Bee-eater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-throated_Bee-eater

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-;Merops bulocki
+{{incomplete}}
-[[Image:Red-throated_Bee-eater.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by nigelblake]]
+;[[:Category: Merops|Merops]] bulocki
+[[Image:Red-throated_Bee-eater.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo &copy; by nigelblake<br/>shot in [[Gambia]] ]]
-shot in Gambia
 ==Identification==
 ==Distribution==
+Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]: [[Senegambia]] to western [[Ethiopia]]
 ==Taxonomy==
+''Merops bulocki'' has two subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
+*''M. b. bulocki''
+:*[[Senegambia]] to [[Chad]] (Chari River) and [[Central African Republic]]
+*''M. b. frenatus''
+:*Sub-Saharan [[Sudan]] and adjacent [[DRC]] to north-western [[Uganda]] and western [[Ethiopia]]
 ==Habitat==
 ==Behaviour==
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Merops+bulocki+ View more images of Red-throated Bee-eater in the gallery]
+{{GSearch|Merops+bulocki}}
-[[Category:Birds]]
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Merops]]