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 3 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 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 34 sec 4.2 -
several different birds Locality Bansang, Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp bulocki)
Daniêl Jimenez 28 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 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 50 weeks ago 30 sec 3.8 -
perching on a branch Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp bulocki)
Daniêl Jimenez 29 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 31 sec 3.6 -
A bird sitting on a branch then flying away Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp frenatus)
Keith Blomerley 9 August 2002 5 years ago 22 sec 3.6
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3 birds perched, all carrying insects
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana
Chris and Megan Perkins 22 February 2011 22 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird waiting for flying insects
Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Piotr Jonczyk 15 February 2011 46 weeks ago 4 -
Lateral view, quietly standing on a branch near the river.
Locality Wassadou, Tambacounda Region, Senegal
Liki Fumei 20 January 2006 2 years ago 3.7 -
A small group sitting on a ridge near the nesting grounds.
Locality Bansang, Central River Division, The Gambia
Frank Derriks 17 November 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
Around their nesting holes in Bansang Quarry
Locality Bansang, Central River Division, The Gambia
Frank Derriks 14 November 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Two birds in a tree near a quarry
Locality Bansang, Central River Division, The Gambia
Frank Derriks 14 November 2008 3 years ago 3.2
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