African green bee-eater – Merops viridissimus – is a small green African bee-eater of Type – sallyer, Family Meropidae and Order Coraciiformes. It is found across the Sahel Belt and the Nile Valley. In the AWB Region it is found in Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea and recently it has extended its range N along the Nile Valley into Egypt.
Type - sallyer - Typical Habitat - sahel, open woodlands, farmlands, semiarid areas, Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae Genus: Merops Species - Merops viridissimus African green bee-eater - Species - ebird.org African green bee-eater - Species sheet - wikipedia.org African green bee-eater - Species - orniverse.com African green bee-eater - Species - africanbirdclub.org African green bee-eater - Datazone - birdlife.org Additional Material... African green bee-eater - Images - google.com African green bee-eater - No suitable video found African green bee-eater - Database - avibase