Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
Rosy Bee-eater (Merops malimbicus) - HBW 6, p. 340
French: Guêpier gris-rose
German: Rosenspint
Spanish: Abejaruco de Malimba
Taxonomy: Merops malimbicus Shaw, 1806, Malimbe, Cabinda, Angola.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Nigeria S to Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cabinda (N Angola), and W & WC Zaire. Regular migrant W to W Ghana.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A large flock of birds in flight Locality Sette Cama, Ngounié Province, Gabon (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 17 October 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A breeding colony of about 1500 birds, some of them excavating their burrows, kicking out some sand Locality Sette Cama, Ngounié Province, Gabon (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 17 October 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 3.9 -
A group of birds flying low and landing Locality Sette Cama, Ngounié Province, Gabon (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 17 October 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 3.3 -
A flock taking flight and landing again Locality Sette Cama, Ngounié Province, Gabon (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 17 October 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 3.2 -
part of a flock of 39 in treetop Locality Abrafo, Central Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 7 December 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 3
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Part of a flock of 50+ Rosy Bee-eaters perched in 2 trees near Abrafo, Ghana
Locality Abrafo, Central Region, Ghana
Adam Riley 1 December 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
A single bird out of a larger perched flock.
Locality Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 25 November 2009 2 years ago 2.4
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