๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Ethiopian Bee-eater live?

Merops lafresnayii has 4,138 records in 5 countries and territories, from 1868 to 2026. Most records come from Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Bee-eater
Ethiopian Bee-eater โ€” Stuart Orford / CC BY-SA 2.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCoraciiformesMeropidaeMerops

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Ethiopia 4,076
Eritrea 46
Kenya 9
Tanzania 6
Sudan 1

Related animals

Others in the family Meropidae.

European Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
801,134 records
Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater
778,320 records
Rainbow Bee-eater
Rainbow Bee-eater
468,935 records
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
350,020 records
Little Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
150,337 records
White-fronted Bee-eater
White-fronted Bee-eater
98,600 records
Blue-cheeked
Blue-cheeked
84,728 records
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Arabian Green Bee-eater
63,678 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.