birds · order Coraciiformes
Meropidae in the reserves
6 species of the Meropidae family are recorded around 218 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the European Bee-eater, near 142 reserves.
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster142 reserves
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus83 reserves
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides64 reserves
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus17 reserves
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus9 reserves
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides3 reservesGBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).