Tours where you can spot this bird
1 tour in Kenya
Blue-headed Bee-eater
Merops muelleri (Cassin, 1857)
Meropidae — Bee-eaters
Blue-headed Bee-eater, Merops muelleri, is a bird of forest habitats in tropical Africa, breeding from southern Cameroon to western Kenya. It belongs to the bee-eater family and was described by Cassin in 1857. In the east of its range the crown is blue with a white forehead, while western birds have a fully blue head. The chin and upper throat are scarlet with a black edge, and the eye is red. It is found in rainforest, often alone, and sometimes in pairs or trios.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae — Bee-eaters
- Breeding range
- Africa: s Cameroon to w Kenya
