| Northern
Carmine Bee-eater |
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Alternate name |
| Merops nubicus |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Meropidae |
Family |
| 38cm |
Length |
| Dry savanna,
grassland, shrubland, pastureland, fens, bogs, marshes, often near fresh water, below
1,200m in:- Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 3 - 5 White eggs.
Nests in large collonies. |
Clutch |
| Flying insects which
it hawks from a perch. locusts, grasshoppers, wasps, bees and hornets form a large part of
their diet.. |
Food Diet |
| gregarious at all
times. |
Habits |
| 1181 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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