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Merops nubicus Gmelin, 1788 Family: bee-eaters Order: Coraciiformes print version
Northern carmine bee-eater Guêpier écarlate Abejaruco carmesí Karminspint
Migration: intracontinental complex

Verbreitungskarte von Merops nubicus 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)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)