| Northern carmine bee-eater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Meropidae |
| Genus: | Merops |
| Species: | M. nubicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Merops nubicus Gmelin, JF, 1788
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The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) is a brightly-coloured bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. It is found across northern tropical Africa, from Senegal eastwards to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the southern carmine bee-eater which has a carmine coloured throat rather than the blue throat of the northern species.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Merops nubicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683768A92999759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683768A92999759.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.