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Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus Müller, PLS 1776

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus meridionalis Frank Lambert 2015-11-26 Dzalamyama - s of lodge nr dambo, Central Region, Lilongwe (Malawi) (1200 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 298549
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Dries Van de Loock 2024-10-01 Mana Pools NP, Mashonaland West Province, Hurungwe (Zimbabwe) (360 m) call - [sono] 963655
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Tony Archer 2021-05-21 City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1400 m) adult, call -

Small flock calling from thorn tree

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 651027
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus cyanostictus Andrew Spencer 2014-12-22 Bilen Lodge, Afar (Ethiopia) (800 m) call -

calls from a bird perched on and sallying from a small clump of bushes in an otherwise open, grazed grassland adjacent to a large marsh.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 276829
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Peter Boesman 2018-06-27 Kombo South, West Coast Region, Western (Gambia) (10 m) call - [sono] 425655
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Peter Boesman 2016-09-15 Escarpment road, Northern Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) song -

In flight.

 339278
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Derek Solomon 14-12-03 South Luangwa National Park Home, Eastern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (510 m) Call (A) - Pair of birds giving two calls, the first a loud chip, the other a soft treee warble. 39277
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Martin Tlustos 2025-05-21 , Dodoma (Tanzania)   -   638893665
macaulaylibrary.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Peter Boesman 2018-06-19 Abuko Nature Reserve, Western (Gambia) (10 m) call - [sono] 425283
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Gabriel Jamie 2023-12-11 , Western (Zambia)   -   612147780
macaulaylibrary.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Martin St-Michel 2011-11-01 Ruaha National Park, Iringa (pre-2012) (Tanzania) (800 m) Call (A) - One adult calling from a low branch overlooking the river. 95434
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Peter Boesman 2018-06-19 Abuko Nature Reserve, Western (Gambia) (10 m) call - [sono] 425286
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Meena Haribal 2019-10-19 Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) (1400 m) song -

in the semi forested patch of suburban area of the camp

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 613389
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Peter Boesman 2018-06-19 Abuko Nature Reserve, Western (Gambia) (10 m) call - [sono] 425285
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus isaac kilusu 2021-06-04 oljoro arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (1000 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

two birds at at the bank of a dry stream

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 654476
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Romuald Mikusek 2025-02-06 Ginak Kajata, Lower Niumi, Kerewan, Lower Nuimi (Gambia) (0 m) call -

3 ex on a branch in a dry riverbed

 1018851
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus meridionalis Frank Lambert 2015-11-26 Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, southern access road, Central Region, Lilongwe (Malawi) (1200 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 298447
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Andrew Spencer 2014-12-22 Bilen Lodge, Afar, Ethiopia, Afar (Ethiopia)   - calls from a bird perched on and sallying from a small clump of bushes in an otherwise open, grazed grassland adjacent to a large marsh. 27830441
macaulaylibrary.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Bernard BOUSQUET 2018-06-11 Bariadi, Shinyanga Region, Shinyanga (pre-2012) (Tanzania) (1600 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 424813
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Reuben Shallom 2025-12-31 , Morogoro Urban (Tanzania)   -   647940903
macaulaylibrary.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Martin Tlustos 2025-06-28 , Dodoma (Tanzania)   -   639017262
macaulaylibrary.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Peter Boesman 2015-12-05 Awash National Park, Afar (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300465
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Louis A. Hansen 2019-06-29 Kilombero river (sailing on the river), near Ifakara bridge, Ulanga, Morogoro Region, Morogoro (Tanzania) (245 m) call -

Volume increase

playback-used:no

 515797
xeno-canto.org
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus Louis A. Hansen 2019-06-30 Kilombero river (sailing on the river), near Ifakara bridge, Ulanga, Morogoro Region, Morogoro (Tanzania) (245 m) call -

Volume increase applied using Audacity. Also, have cut away species.

playback-used:no

 515953
xeno-canto.org
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