Madagascar bee-eater, olive bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) Description
English: Madagascar or olive bee-eaters (Merops superciliosus superciliosus), Anjajavy Forest, Madagascar
Date 29 October 2013, 09:06:22
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The olive bee-eater, (or Madagascar bee-eater) (Merops superciliosus) is a near passerine bee-eater species in the genus Merops. It is native to the southern half of Africa where it is present in Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766