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It is 16–18 centimetres (6.3–7.1 in) long excluding the elongated central tail feathers, which are an additional 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in) long. The head and body plumage is dull yellowish-green except for a slender black eyestripe with a very narrow blue line on the lower edge, and a black crescent at the top of the breast below the throat. The most distinctive traits of this species are that its throat is also yellowish-green, in contrast to the blue throats of M. orientalis and M. cyanophrys, and the central tail feathers are much longer.
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When to see the African Green Bee-eater
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the African Green Bee-eater
The map shades 16 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Benin.
About the African Green Bee-eater
The African green bee-eater is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found throughout arid Sahel region of Africa from Senegal east to Ethiopia, and has expanded its range north to Egypt over the past few decades.
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Easily confused with
Rufous-crowned Bee-eaterMerops americanusThe rufous-crowned bee-eater is a species of bird in the family Meropidae.
Black Bee-eaterMerops gularisThe black bee-eater grows to a length of about 20 cm (8 in).
Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatusThe blue-breasted bee-eater, Merops variegatus, exhibits several physically defining characteristics of the Meropidae.
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