Blue-breasted bee-eater

Blue-breasted bee-eater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: M. variegatus
Binomial name
Merops variegatus
Vieillot, 1817

The blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegatus) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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