Bee-eaters

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Merops oreobates

The Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates) is a 24 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Bee-eaters

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

24 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi.

Where to see it: Rumangabo ICCN Camp & Mikeno Lodge and trails (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Kibira National Forest · Teza Tea Plantation (Burundi); Nyungwe NP · Gisakura, Ndambarare Trail (Rwanda); Arusha NP (Tanzania); Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park (Rwanda).

Photo: (c) Claude Kolwelter, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist