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White-fronted bee-eater

Merops bullockoides

Description:

The white-fronted bee-eater is a species of bee-eater widely distributed in sub-equatorial Africa. They have a distinctive white forehead, a square tail and a bright red patch on their throat. As the name suggests they eat bees but also a wide variety of other insects

Habitat:

Spotted on the banks of the South Luangwa River in Zambia. Often found in the river banks and gullies of wooded grassland and pastures of sub-equatorial Africa.

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5 Comments

Stephen Wain
Stephen Wain 5 years ago

Thank you for the SOTD and your kind comments. Really appreciated

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 5 years ago

Congratulations.

Maria dB
Maria dB 5 years ago

Beautiful photo!

Beautiful capture Dr Stephen,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 5 years ago

Congrats Dr Stephen, your White-fronted Bee-eater is our Spotting of the Day:

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Stephen Wain
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Stephen Wain

Muchinga Province, Zambia

Spotted on Jun 23, 2018
Submitted on Jul 1, 2018

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