southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides (adult male)
Author C. G. Finch-Davies (1875–1920) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._G._Finch-Davies
Description
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides (adult male)
Date 17 February 1908
Source/Photographer Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merops_nubicoides00.jpg
The southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) (formerly carmine bee-eater) occurs across sub-equatorial Africa, ranging from KwaZulu-Natal and Namibia to Gabon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.