Abundance: 0.01 to 6.25% (median 0.83%)
Latitudinal range: -26.2° to 43.4°Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical savanna (6), tropical/subtropical wetland (3)
Found in 20 samples
Bangladesh: Baikka Beel (December 2011)
Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)
Cameroon: Nyong River
Egypt: Burullus Ringing Station (Autumn 2005)
France: Piémanson Beach
Ghana: Samole (wet season), Samole (dry season)
Kenya: Nyeri County
Malaysia: Paya Indah Wetland Reserve, Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (recently logged forest), Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (thirty year old logged forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (oil palm plantation)
Nigeria: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh), Shasha Forest Reserve (61 mm mesh), Jos Wildlife Park
South Africa: Tonqani
Turkey: Dicle Ringing Station (spring 2004)
Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged)
Zambia: Balmoral, Copper Chalice
See also Merops apiaster, Merops bulocki, Merops gularis, Merops hirundineus, Merops muelleri, Merops oreobates, Merops orientalis, Merops persicus, Merops philippinus, Merops pusillus, Merops variegatus, Merops viridis