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The olive bee-eater, (or Madagascar bee-eater) (''Merops superciliosus'') is a near passerine bee-eater species in the genus ''Merops''. The olive bee-eater is found in the grassland and coastal mountain forests of East Africa and Madagascar, and an isolated population can be found in coastal Angola.〔(Range )〕 They are partially migratory, and usually breed only in the southern portion of their range, moving north for the dry season in southern Africa. It lays four eggs in a burrow nest at the beginning of the southern African wet season, and the chicks usually hatch at the beginning of December.〔(Madagascar Bee-eater )〕 Unlike most bee-eaters, the species does not practice cooperative breeding and postfledging dependence is only around nineteen days,〔(Prolonged offspring dependence and cooperative breeding in birds )〕 which is typical of temperate zone passerines and about half that of most Meropidae species. ==Gallery== Image:Madagascar olive bee-eater merops superciliosus.jpg|A bee caught in the Anjajavy Forest Image:Madagascar bee-eaters.jpg|Pair in the Anjajavy Forest Image:Madagascar bee-eater flying.jpg|In flight over a swimming pool at Anjajavy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olive bee-eater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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