Northern Carmine Bee-eater

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iNorthern Carmine Bee-eater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: M. nubicus
Binomial name
Merops nubicus
Gmelin, 1788

The Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is found in the Saharan desert in Africa.