Blue-headed Bee-eater — Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/ · CC BY-SA 2.0

Blue-headed Bee-eater

Merops muelleri

LCLeast Concern

Family: Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
Order: Coraciiformes

Overview

The blue-headed bee-eater (Merops muelleri) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in forest habitats in tropical West and Central Africa, including in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Kenya.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to see it

Destination guides featuring this bird

Kakamega Forest

Kenya Kakamega Forest Kenya's only tropical rainforest: a western outlier of the Congo forests.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Poor or no data
AApril: Poor or no data
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Best
JJuly: Best
AAugust: Best
SSeptember: Good
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Poor or no data
DDecember: Good

Range and habitat

Cameroon to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Africa

Countries

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.