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Olive Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)

Olive Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)
Olive Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)

About Olive Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
  • Family: Bee-eaters

The olive bee-eater or Madagascar bee-eater is a bee-eater species in the genus Merops. It is native to the southern half of Africa where it is present in Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe. It is a common species with a wide range so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated their conservation status as "least concern".

Lifelists

Visits

  • 2003-02-17

    Bazaruto Islands National Park, Mozambique
  • 2017-10-30

    Antananarivo, Madagascar
  • 2017-10-31

    Toliara, Madagascar
    Image from 2017-10-31
  • 2017-11-01

    Toliara, Madagascar
  • 2017-11-02

    Ifaty, Madagascar
  • 2017-11-03

    Isalo National Park, Madagascar
  • 2017-11-04

    Isalo National Park, Madagascar
  • 2017-11-15

    Andasibe, Madagascar
  • 2017-11-20

    Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Madagascar