🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Rosy Bee-eater live?

Merops malimbicus has 2,415 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1914 to 2026. Most records come from Ghana.

AnimaliaChordataAvesCoraciiformesMeropidaeMerops

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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
Ghana 1,489
Gabon 676
Congo 78
Nigeria 76
Benin 66
DR Congo 20
Equatorial Guinea 4
Togo 3
Angola 2
Cameroon 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-tailed Bee-eater
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 — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.