Tours where you can spot this bird
No tours linked yet.
Somali Bee-eater
Merops revoilii Oustalet, 1882
Meropidae — Bee-eaters
Somali Bee-eater, Merops revoilii, is a bird of the family Meropidae that breeds in eastern Africa, from southern Ethiopia and Somalia to northern and eastern Kenya. It is a bee-eater of dry country, including arid scrub, grassland with scattered bushes and steppe, and it can be locally common there. It is the smallest member of its genus and lacks the dark trailing wing edges seen in many related birds. The sexes look alike, and it nests in banks and the sides of deep wells. In Kenya, breeding takes place between March and June.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae — Bee-eaters
- Breeding range
- Africa: e Ethiopia and Somalia to e Kenya
