Merops boehmi
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Böhm's bee-eater (Merops boehmi) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 2 | Selous Game Reserve | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Boehm's Bee-eater sighting in Kafue National Park on a given day, based on 128 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 81st most-seen of the 338 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Boehm's Bee-eater in Kafue National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–February, September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Kafue National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 290 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Boehm's Bee-eater sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Boehm's Bee-eater sightings, Kafue National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 50%) and Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania, about 30%).
Same genus: Merops
The closest relatives of the Boehm's Bee-eater that you can see in Kafue National Park (genus Merops, Typical Bee-eaters) are White-fronted Bee-eater (about 40%), Little Bee-eater (about 40%) and European Bee-eater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Boehm's Bee-eater is recorded against all the birds logged in Kafue National Park (128 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
