| Little
Bee-eater |
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Alternate name |
| Merops pusillus |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Meropidae |
Family |
| 17 - 18cm |
Length |
| Dry forest, shrubland,
savanna, grassland, reedbeds, often near water, in:- Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 4 to 6 spherical white
eggs, incubation 19-20 days, fledging 29 days, care by both parents. |
Clutch |
| Flying insects which
it hawks from a perch. |
Food Diet |
| Solitary or pairs
daytime, at roost often in groups of around 15. |
Habits |
| 1164 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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