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title: "Żołna białogardła"
description: "Merops albicollis — Ptaki. The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/white-throated-bee-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Żołna białogardła

> Merops albicollis — Ptaki. The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara.

- Scientific name: *Merops albicollis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 1487
- Wikidata: [Q746422](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746422)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2240](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2240)

## Names

- en: White-throated Bee-eater
- de: Weißkehlbienenfresser
- es: Abejaruco Gorgiblanco
- fr: Guêpier à gorge blanche
- nl: Witkeelbijeneter
- pt: Abelharuco-de-garganta-branca
- pl: Żołna białogardła

## Countries with the most observations

KE (291), UG (206), GH (154), DZ (125), BJ (91), TZ (85), GM (73), NG (53), GN (40), GA (39), SN (29), GW (27)

## Summary

The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara. The white-throated bee-eater is migratory, wintering in a completely different habitat in the equatorial rain forests of Africa from southern Senegal to Uganda.

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

## Photo

![Żołna białogardła](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-throated-bee-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: karim Attouche · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107881619

## Machine access

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