White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) Fact Sheet: Distribution & Habitat

• Southern tropical Africa (Fry 2001)
• Most bee-eater species inhabit tropical Africa and Asia
• One species in Europe
• One species in Australia

Habitat (Emlen 1990, Fry 1992)

• Wooded savannas
• Sandy cliffs
• Grassland and open scrub, especially in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya between 1400 and 2000 m (4593- 6562 ft) 
• Avoid heavy forests

Colony sites (Emlen 1990, Hegner et al 1982)

• On nearly vertical, bare cliff faces
• Sometimes, on fault scarps in grasslands, banks of rivers, even man-made gravel pits and rock quarries
• Change sites before breeding season
• Colonies ususally 4-7 km (2.5-4.4 mi) from foraging areas

White-fronted Bee-eater distribution.
Adapted from www.d-maps.com
according to IUCN fact sheet
Click here or on map for detailed distribution (IUCN)

Emlen (1990)
Fry (1984, 2001)
Hegner et al (1982)
IUCN (2008)