---
title: "Żołna karminowa"
description: "Merops nubicoides — Ptaki. The southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) is a species of bee-eater found across sub-equatorial Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/southern-carmine-bee-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Żołna karminowa

> Merops nubicoides — Ptaki. The southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) is a species of bee-eater found across sub-equatorial Africa.

- Scientific name: *Merops nubicoides*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1460
- Wikidata: [Q973061](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973061)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67434](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67434)

## Names

- en: Southern Carmine Bee-eater
- de: Südlicher Karminbienenfresser
- es: Abejaruco carmesí sureño
- fr: Guêpier carmin
- nl: Zuidelijke karmijnrode bijeneter
- pt: Abelharuco-carmim
- pl: Żołna karminowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (599), BW (342), NA (195), ZM (149), ZW (81), MW (26), MZ (15), AO (8), TZ (7), UG (6)

## Summary

The southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) is a species of bee-eater found across sub-equatorial Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the closely related northern carmine bee-eater, with the combined species then known as carmine bee-eater.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_carmine_bee-eater

## Photo

![Żołna karminowa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-carmine-bee-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40869556

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-carmine-bee-eater?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).