Black Bee-eater

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Black Bee-eater	Home Bird Orders
		Alternate name
	Merops gularis	Scientific name
	Coraciiformes	Order
	Meropidae	Family
	20cm	Length
	Tropical lowland, savanna, moist forest often near water in:- Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Congo, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo & Uganda.	Habitat-Altitude-Range
	2 white eggs in cavity tunnel.	Clutch
	Flying insects which it hawks from a perch.	Food Diet
	Not as actice as most Bee-eaters.	Habits
	1160	World Number
	Least Concern	Status

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Video by birdpaul 12 January 2008 Korup, Cameroon

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