Bee-eaters

White-fronted Bee-eater

Merops bullockoides

The White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) is a 35 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Bee-eaters

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

35 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

Recorded in South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, eSwatini, Mozambique, Angola, Gabon.

Where to see it: Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary (Eswatini); Mosi-oa-Tunya NP (Zambia); Zambezi river cruise (ZW side) (Zimbabwe); Okavango Delta · Xaro Lodge (Botswana); Kadiki, Livingstone (Zambia).

Photo: (c) Sunčana Bradley, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist