Merops (bird)

Abundance: 0.01 to 6.25% (median 0.83%)

Latitudinal range: -26.2° to 43.4°

Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical savanna (6), tropical/subtropical wetland (3)

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Found in 20 samples

Bangladesh: Baikka Beel (December 2011)

Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)

Cameroon: Nyong River

Egypt: Burullus Ringing Station (Autumn 2005)

France: Piémanson Beach

Ghana: Samole (wet season), Samole (dry season)

Kenya: Nyeri County

Malaysia: Paya Indah Wetland Reserve, Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (recently logged forest), Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (thirty year old logged forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (oil palm plantation)

Nigeria: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh), Shasha Forest Reserve (61 mm mesh), Jos Wildlife Park

South Africa: Tonqani

Turkey: Dicle Ringing Station (spring 2004)

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged)

Zambia: Balmoral, Copper Chalice

See also Merops apiaster, Merops bulocki, Merops gularis, Merops hirundineus, Merops muelleri, Merops oreobates, Merops orientalis, Merops persicus, Merops philippinus, Merops pusillus, Merops variegatus, Merops viridis