Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Merops philippinus - Guêpier à queue d'azur

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Coraciiformes

  • Family
    :

    Méropidés

  • Genus
    :

    Merops

  • Species
    :

    philippinus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1767

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 29 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 29 à 43 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guêpier à queue d'azur
adult
Guêpier à queue d'azur
adult

Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Guêpier à queue d'azur,
  • Abejaruco coliazul,
  • abelharuco-de-cauda-azul,
  • Blauschwanzspint,
  • kékfarkú gyurgyalag,
  • Blauwstaartbijeneter,
  • Gruccione codazzurra,
  • blåstjärtad biätare,
  • Blåhalebieter,
  • včelárik modrochvostý,
  • vlha modroocasá,
  • Blåhalet Biæder,
  • safiirimehiläissyöjä,
  • abellerol cuablau,
  • żołna modrosterna,
  • bodičasti čebelar,
  • Синехвостая щурка,
  • Kirik-kirik laut,
  • ハリオハチクイ,
  • 栗喉蜂虎,
  • นกจาบคาหัวเขียว,
  • 栗喉蜂虎,

Voice song and cries

Guêpier à queue d'azur
adult

Habitat

Guêpier à queue d'azur
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

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

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