Blue-moustached bee-eater
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Species: | M. mentalis
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Merops mentalis (Cabanis, 1889)
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The blue-moustached bee-eater (Merops mentalis) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
The blue-moustached bee-eater is a rainforest bird usually found singly. It perches on a high branch in the canopy beside tracks and clearings and swoops down on small butterflies, honeybees and other insects before returning to its original perch.
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