Description
Merops nubicus
Date 1820-1863
Source/Photographer [Reichenbach], 3254-3255
Old Latin name Merops nubicus
New Latin name Merops nubicus
Common name Nederlands: Noordelijke karmijnrode bijeneter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merops_nubicus_-_1820-1863_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16800333.tif

The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) is an African near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. Alternative common names include the carmine bee-eater or the Nubian bee-eater. It is closely related to the southern carmine bee-eater where the throat is carmine (instead of blue).
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops nubicus Gmelin, 1788