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White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) Fact Sheet: Population & Conservation Status

Population Status

Population trend

Increasing (Birdlife International 2024)
- Finding new nesting sites created from some human activities (del Hoyo et al. 2001)

Conservation Status

IUCN Status

Least Concern (2024 assessment) (BirdLife International 2024)

CITES Status

Not listed (UNEP 2020)

Threats to Survival

(Fry 2001)

Intensified land use by humans
Greater use of insecticides
Persecution by humans
Silting of rivers by poor land management practices
Dam construction

Page Citations

IUCN Redlist (2009, 2015)
Fry (2001)

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