Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus) - HBW 6, p. 340
French: Guêpier écarlate
German: Karminspint
Spanish: Abejaruco Carmesí
Other common names: Northern Carmine/Nubian Bee-eater (nubicus); Southern Carmine/Ruby Bee-eater (nubicoides)
Taxonomy: Merops nubicus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Nubia.
Races commonly raised to the rank of separate species, but identical in voice, ecology, and breeding and migratory habits, and morphological and plumage differences considered relatively insignificant. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nubicus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 - Senegal E to Eritrea, and S to N Kenya; in austral winter farther S in N tropics and in E Tanzania.
- nubicoides Des Murs & Pucheran, 1846 - S Angola, extreme NE Namibia (Caprivi Strip) and S Zambia, E to S Malawi and C Mozambique; spends austral winter N to Burundi and S to N Natal.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch, looking around for prey and flying after one Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (ssp nubicus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 5 years ago 39 sec 4.5 -
Three birds resting and one of them flying away Locality Bilen Lodge, Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp nubicus)
Ron Hoff 14 December 2007 4 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a dead tree, preening and looking around Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp nubicus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 5 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a wire, looking around for prey Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp nubicus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 4 -
A bird on a wire and flying away Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp nubicus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 40 sec 4 -
A bird on a wire, mandibulating, hiting and eating an insect Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp nubicus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 16 sec 4
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Carmine Bee-eater
Locality Mombasa, Kenya
Kevin B Agar 13 February 2011 32 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 22 November 2009 2 years ago 4.1 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 17 weeks ago 4 -
Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus) in Moremi National Park, Botswana
Locality Botswana
LHarding 19 November 2008 3 years ago 4 -
An adult perched on a branch
Locality Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp nubicoides)
Laurent Demongin 30 September 2004 3 years ago 3.9 -
Adult bird scouting for insects.
Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
ian wood 17 December 2012 17 weeks ago 3.9
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A groupe of birds giving calls Locality Zoo Basel (Zolli), Basel, Basel-Stadt Canton, Switzerland
Michael C 16 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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