Black-headed Bee-eater

Merops breweri - Guêpier à tête noire

Systematics

Order
:
Coraciiformes
Family
:
Méropidés
Genus
:
Merops
Species
:
breweri

Descriptor

Cassin, 1859

Biometrics

Size
: 28 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Guêpier à tête noire,
Abejaruco cabecinegro,
abelharuco-de-cabeça-preta,
Schwarzkopfspint,
feketefejű gyurgyalag,
Zwartkopbijeneter,
Gruccione testanera,
svarthuvad biätare,
Svarthodebieter,
včelárik kapucňový,
vlha černohlavá,
Sorthovedet Biæder,
huppumehiläissyöjä,
abellerol capnegre,
żołna czarnogłowa,
črnoglavi čebelar,
Черноголовая щурка,
ズグロハチクイ,
黑头蜂虎,
svarthuvad biätare,
黑頭蜂虎,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol. 6 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest