White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis)

White-throated Bee-eater, a reference photo — Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara. The white-throated bee-eater is migratory, wintering in a completely different habitat in the equatorial rain forests of Africa from southern Senegal to Uganda.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of White-throated Bee-eater being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Merops superciliosus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops albicollis

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