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Merops persicus |
Pallas, 1773 |
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Family: bee-eaters |
Order: Coraciiformes |
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Blue-cheeked bee-eater |
Guêpier de Perse |
Abejaruco persa |
Blauwangenspint |
Migration: intercontinental |
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A long-distance migrant, moving in small and large flocks, mainly by day, passing on broad front often at
considerable height; vacates breeding grounds in Aug, arrives in non-breeding quarters from Nov. On long sea
crossings obliged to migrate at night, at Karachi, S Pakistan, spring migrants cross during 5 hours in middle of
night. Sometimes migrates with M.apiaster, but in spring tends to arrive on breeding grounds 2 weeks
later than that species. Saharan population winters in sub-Saharan W Africa; occurs all winter around L Chad,
and still present on reed islands far out into the lake in mid-Jul. Asian population winters partly in India, Pakistan
and Yemen, but mainly in E half of Africa from Ethiopia to NE Namibia, Botswana, W Transvaal and NE Natal;
most enter Africa along Nile Valley and across Red Sea, where many killed by Sooty Falcons (Falco
concolor). (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) |