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Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis



References

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Borrow, N.; Demey, R. 2001. Birds of western Africa. Christopher Helm, London.

Borrow, N.; Demey, R. 2004. Field guide to the birds of Western Africa. Christopher Helm, London.

del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Fauna and Flora International. 2000. Restarting Nature Conservation in Liberia. Fauna and Flora News 12: 1-2.

Global Forest Watch. 2021. Interactive Forest Change Mapping Tool.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Further resources

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-moustached-bee-eater-merops-mentalis on 03/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 03/01/2025.