Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki) - HBW 6, p. 332
French: Guêpier à gorge rouge
German: Rotkehlspint
Spanish: Abejaruco Gorgirrojo
Taxonomy: Merops Bulocki [sic] Vieillot, 1817, Senegal.
Has been placed with other small, round-winged species lacking tail-streamers in genus Mellitophagus, comprising present species and M. muelleri, M. gularis, M. pusillus, M. variegatus, M. oreobates and M. bullockoides. Forms a superspecies with M. bullockoides, with which sometimes treated as conspecific. A rare yellow-throated variant was first described as a separate species, M. boleslavskii. Species name sometimes emended to bullocki, but this is unjustified due to lack of internal evidence to this effect in initial des.. View all taxonomy...
Has been placed with other small, round-winged species lacking tail-streamers in genus Mellitophagus, comprising present species and M. muelleri, M. gularis, M. pusillus, M. variegatus, M. oreobates and M. bullockoides. Forms a superspecies with M. bullockoides, with which sometimes treated as conspecific. A rare yellow-throated variant was first described as a separate species, M. boleslavskii. Species name sometimes emended to bullocki, but this is unjustified due to lack of internal evidence to this effect in initial description, so original spelling should stand. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bulocki Vieillot, 1817 - Senegal E to Central African Republic.
- frenatus Hartlaub, 1854 - W Ethiopia, S Sudan, NE Zaire and NW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A lateral view of a perched bird. Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp frenatus)
Eldert Groenewoud 24 February 2008 4 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
5 birds prening and perching Locality Bansang, Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp bulocki)
Daniêl Jimenez 28 December 2011 1 year ago 34 sec 4.1 -
several different birds Locality Bansang, Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp bulocki)
Daniêl Jimenez 28 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 26 sec 4 -
bird perching and later catching a dragonfly Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp frenatus)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 October 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
perching on a branch Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp bulocki)
Daniêl Jimenez 29 December 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 3.7 -
A bird sitting on a branch then flying away Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp frenatus)
Keith Blomerley 9 August 2002 6 years ago 22 sec 3.6
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A bird resting on a stump
Locality Benoue National Park, Adamawa Province, Cameroon
Krzysztof Blachowiak 12 February 2011 51 weeks ago 4.5 -
adult perched with food
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (ssp bulocki)
Nik Borrow 13 February 2013 13 weeks ago 4.5 -
Two birds sitting on a branch
Locality Cameroon
Krzysztof Blachowiak 12 February 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
Este abejaruco descansa a la sombra de unas ramas, bajo el implacable sol del mediodía. This abejaruco rests in the shade of som
Locality Garamba National Park, Haut-Uele Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordón 1 June 2010 35 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult at nest.
Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 7 February 2012 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
A young bird
Locality Benoue National Park, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Arti 15 February 2012 1 year ago 4.2
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