White-throated bee-eater
| White-throated bee-eater | |
|---|---|
| male and female in Kenya and Uganda respectively | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Meropidae |
| Genus: | Merops |
| Species: | M. albicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Aerops albicollis | |
The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. It breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara, Africa. The white-throated bee-eater is migratory, wintering in a completely different habitat in the equatorial rain forests of Africa from southern Senegal to Uganda.