Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Merops nubicoides

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Hwange National Park
87 Verified records at Hwange National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) is a species of bee-eater found across sub-equatorial Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the closely related northern carmine bee-eater, with the combined species then known as carmine bee-eater. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Carmine Bee-eater sighting in Hwange National Park, based on 87 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

70–80
Jan
30–40
Feb
10–20
Mar
5–10
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
5–10
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
<5
Nov
30–40
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
30–40%
2 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
30–40%
3 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
20–30%
4 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
20–30%
5 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
6 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
20–30%
7 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
8 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
10–20%
9 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
10 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
5–10%
11 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
12 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
13 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
14 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
15 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Carmine Bee-eater in Hwange National Park?

About 19% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Carmine Bee-eater sighting in Hwange National Park, based on 87 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Southern Carmine Bee-eater in Hwange National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Southern Carmine Bee-eater in Hwange National Park in our monthly data.

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