Merops boehmi
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Boehm's Bee-eater sighting in Liwonde National Park on a given day, based on 158 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 267 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Boehm's Bee-eater in Liwonde National Park on a given day, against about 30% in May and August, the lowest months.
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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Boehm's Bee-eater sightings, Liwonde National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania, about 30%) and Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 20%).
Same genus: Merops
The closest relatives of the Boehm's Bee-eater that you can see in Liwonde National Park (genus Merops, Typical Bee-eaters) are Little Bee-eater (about 80%), European Bee-eater (about 30%) and Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (about 30%), 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 Liwonde National Park (158 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.
