| Red-throated 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. bulocki
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| Binomial name | |
| Merops bulocki Vieillot, 1817
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The red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. This species is found in tropical Africa, in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. It has a wide range and large total population, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".[1]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Merops bulocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683680A92995375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683680A92995375.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.