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Coraciiformes / Meropidae / Merops

Red-throated Bee-eater

Merops bulocki

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rtbeat1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops

Subspecies (2)

Merops bulocki bulocki

Senegambia to Chad (Chari River) and Central African Republic
Merops bulocki frenatus

sub-Saharan Sudan and adjacent Democratic Republic of the Congo to northwestern Uganda and western Ethiopia

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rtbeat1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.