Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Merops nubicoides

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · Possible
overall probability at Gorongosa National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
10–20
Mar
0–10
Apr
0–10
May
0–10
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
60–70
Oct
20–30
Nov
10–20
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 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
20–30%
6 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
7 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
10–20%
8 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
9 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
10 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
11 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
12 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

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

About 18% of visitor-days record a Southern Carmine Bee-eater sighting in Gorongosa National Park, based on 40 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

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

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

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