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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Genus Merops       IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - CORACIIFORMES   African Green Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops viridissimus  AF Senegal to Egypt, Ethiopia and e Sudan  Arabian Green Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops cyanophrys  EU s Israel and Arabian Pen.  Asian Green Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops orientalis  EU, OR s Iran and s Asia to sc China and se Asia  Black Bee-eater i U    Meropidae    Merops gularis  AF c, w  Black-headed Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops breweri  AF Ivory Coast, Ghana, s Nigeria and n Central African Republic, Gabon to w South Sudan, c DR Congo and nw Angola  Blue-breasted Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops variegatus  AF se Nigeria to Angola and e Africa  Blue-cheeked Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops persicus  EU sw, nw AF  Blue-headed Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops muelleri  AF s Cameroon to w Kenya  Blue-moustached Bee-eater (NT)  i U    Meropidae    Merops mentalis  AF Sierra Leone to w Cameroon and Bioko I.  Blue-tailed Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops philippinus  OR, AU India and Sri Lanka to s China, se Asia, Philippines, Sulawesi, Flores (Lesser Sundas), New Guinea and New Britain  Blue-throated Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops viridis  OR s China to Java and Philippines  Boehm's Bee-eater i U    Meropidae    Merops boehmi  AF w Tanzania to Zambia, e Tanzania to c Mozambique  Chestnut-headed Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops leschenaulti  OR widespread  Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops oreobates  AF s South Sudan to ne Tanzania, w Uganda and e DR Congo to nw Tanzania  Ethiopian Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops lafresnayii  AF Eritrea, Ethiopia and e South Sudan  European Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops apiaster  EU, AF nw Africa, sw Europe to c Asia; South Africa  Little Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops pusillus  AF widespread  Northern Carmine Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops nubicus  AF Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia  Olive Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops superciliosus  AF Ethiopia to Namibia and Madagascar  Rainbow Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops ornatus  AU Australia  Red-throated Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops bulocki  AF ec, c, w  Rosy Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops malimbicus  AF s Nigeria; Gabon to c DR Congo  Somali Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops revoilii  AF e Ethiopia and Somalia to e Kenya  Southern Carmine Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops nubicoides  AF Angola to w Tanzania, s to Namibia, Botswana and n South Africa  Swallow-tailed Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops hirundineus  AF widespread  White-fronted Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops bullockoides  AF Gabon to Kenya, s to s Angola, c South Africa and s Mozambique  White-throated Bee-eater i    Meropidae    Merops albicollis  AF Mauritania and Senegal to e Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen and Somalia 74%   20 species of 27 (0 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide