bird · Coraciiformes · Meropidae
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus Pallas, 1773 — also called Blue-cheeked/Blue-tailed Bee-eater. Occurrence records of the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater are shared on GBIF from around 9 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Saint Lucia Park (1 063 records), in 3 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernMeropidae
9reserves with records
1 168records around them
3provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 1 063 |
| Eastern Shores State ForestForest reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 41 |
| St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 24 |
| Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 13 |
| D'nyala Nature ReserveNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 12 |
| Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 9 |
| Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 2 |
| Fairfield PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 2 |
| Marico-Bosveld NatuurreservaatNature reserve | NW North West | 2 |
By province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- 6 reserves
- Limpopo
- 2 reserves
- North West
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae
- Scientific name
- Merops persicus
- GBIF taxon
- 2475419
- Wikidata
- Q1951359
More of the Meropidae family
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.