Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Merops variegatus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae
- Genus
- Merops
- eBird Code
- bbbeat2
Subspecies (3)
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Merops variegatus bangweoloensis
eastern Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and far western Tanzania
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Merops variegatus loringi
southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon to Uganda and Kenya
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Merops variegatus variegatus
Gabon, Río Muni (Equatorial Guinea) and southwestern Cameroon to Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.