Blue-breasted bee-eater
| Blue-breasted bee-eater | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Meropidae |
| Genus: | Merops |
| Species: | M. variegatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Merops variegatus Vieillot, 1817 | |
The blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegatus) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Merops variegatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.