Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Coraciiformes > Meropidae > Merops > Merops boehmiMerops boehmi (Böhm's Bee-eater)Synonyms: Aerops boehmi Böhm's bee-eater (Merops boehmi) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 12.0158 EDGE Score: 2.56616 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 17 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 2.3 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 90 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 | | Maximum Longevity [4] | 8 years |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Gorongosa Mountain and National Park |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kafue flats |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kasanka National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kilombero Valley |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Kisarawe District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kundelungu National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Lake Rukwa |
Tanzania |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lavushi Manda National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Lengwe National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Liwonde National Park |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Lufira valley |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Marungu highlands |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A3 |
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Moebase region |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Mweru Wantipa National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Selous Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Sumbu National Park and Tondwa GMA |
Zambia |
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Upemba National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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