Species profile
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Merops nubicus
Quick answer
LITERATURE. — Bannerman (1931); Bouet (1961); Green & Sayer (1979); Holyoak & Seddon (1989); Thonnérieux et al. (1989); Dowsett (1993); Balanca & de Visscher (1997); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Portier (2002 c); Portier et al. (2002); Thiollay (2006 a); Balanca et al. (2007); Sinclair & Ryan (2010); Pavia et al. (2012); Dowsett et al. (2013).
- Scientific name
- Merops nubicus
- Family
- Meropidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Genus
- Merops
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Northern Carmine Bee-eater in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Meropidae
- African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus)
- Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Australian bee eater (Merops ornatus)
- Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis)
- Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri)
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)