Blue-headed Bee-eater

The Blue-headed Bee-eater is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

the Blue-headed Bee-eater, where it forages close to the ground in poor light in the gaps between large trees under the canopy. Six other species are also closely associated with rainforest, but do so in edge habitat in this environment; along rivers, in tree-fall gaps, off trees overhanging ravines or on emergent crowns above the main canopy. A number of the bee-eaters are migratory. Species that breed in subtropical or temperate areas of Europe, Asia and Australia are all migrants. More

The Blue-headed Bee-eater (Merops muelleri) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Merops muelleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

renders so here you go: The Blue-headed Bee-Eater is found in West and Central Africa in the rainforests. It generally perches high in the forest canopy alongside forest tracks and clearings. It hawks small butterflies, honeybees and other small flying insects in fast sweeping passes almost always returning to it's original perching spot. Blue-headed Bee-eaters in Kenya are probably a relic population cut off from the western populations due to shrinking of the Equatorial rain forest belt. More

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Blue-headed Bee-eaters in Kenya are probably a relic population cut off from the western populations due to shrinking of the Equatorial rain forest belt. Their range has contracted over the years and the birds are now under threat in their last remaining habitats. This is mostly from human impact, deforestation and cattle grazing. More