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Merops nubicus |
Gmelin, 1788 |
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Family: bee-eaters |
Order: Coraciiformes |
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Northern carmine bee-eater |
Guêpier écarlate |
Abejaruco carmesí |
Karminspint |
Migration: intracontinental |
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complex |
In S tropics a three-staged migration: arrives on breeding grounds in Aug-Sept, and after breeding disperses S
into N and E Botswana and Transvaal from Dec onwards; reporting rate in NE Namibia, Botswana and
Zimbabwe low in May-Jul, high in Aug-Nov, highest De-Jan, then falls in Feb-Apr; in Transvaal scarce in Apr-
Sept, common in Oct-Mar, commonest in Jan-Feb; most birds quit the region in Mar and migrate N to spend
austral winter, Mar-Aug, in Zambia, Malawi, much of Angola, SE Zaire and Burundi. Migrations in N tropics
and E Africa also three-staged, but with breeding and movements displaced by 6 months; in parts of range, and
possibly throughout, after breeding the species disperses widely, moving up to 200-500 km, generally towards
N. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 2001)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (2001) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |