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Coraciiformes / Meropidae / Merops

African Green Bee-eater

Merops viridissimus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grnbee1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops

Subspecies (3)

Merops viridissimus cleopatra

Nile Valley (Lake Nasser to delta)
Merops viridissimus flavoviridis

subdesert steppes of Chad to Red Sea coast of Sudan
Merops viridissimus viridissimus

savanna of Senegal to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and western Sudan

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grnbee1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.