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

Population trend

• Increasing (Bird Life International 2016)
• Some human activities, such as quarrying, creating new nesting sites.

IUCN Status

• Least Concern (2016 assessment) (BirdLife International 2016)
  • 2012 - Least Concern
  • 2008 - Least Concern
  • 2004 - Least Concern
  • 2000 - Lower Risk/Least Concern
  • 1994 - Lower Risk/Least Concern
  • 1988 - Lower Risk/Least Concern

CITES Status

• Not listed (UNEP 2020)

(Fry 2001)

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

IUCN Redlist (2009, 2015)
Fry (2001)