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The White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara, Africa. The White-throated Bee-eater is migratory, wintering in a completely different habitat in the equatorial rainforests of Africa from southern Senegal to Uganda.

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1. (c) Dave Curtis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/43886809@N03/6425092403
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merops_albicollis

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