Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti - Guêpier de Leschenault

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Coraciiformes

  • Family
    :

    Méropidés

  • Genus
    :

    Merops

  • Species
    :

    leschenaulti

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 20 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 23 à 33 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guêpier de Leschenault
adult

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

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti (India and Sri Lanka to sc China, Indochina and Malay Pen.)
  • Merops leschenaulti quinticolor (Sumatra, Java and Bali)
  • Merops leschenaulti andamanensis (Andaman Is.)

Foreign names

  • Guêpier de Leschenault,
  • Abejaruco cabecirrufo,
  • abelharuco-acastanhado,
  • Braunkopfspint,
  • barnafejű gyurgyalag,
  • Bruinkopbijeneter,
  • Gruccione testacastana,
  • rosthuvad biätare,
  • Bengalbieter,
  • včelárik hnedohlavý,
  • vlha hnědohlavá,
  • Rustbiæder,
  • kastanjamehiläissyöjä,
  • abellerol cap-rogenc,
  • żołna obrożna,
  • ogrličasti čebelar,
  • Буроголовая щурка,
  • Kirik-kirik senja,
  • チャガシラハチクイ,
  • 栗头蜂虎,
  • นกจาบคาหัวสีส้ม,
  • 栗頭蜂虎,

Voice song and cries

Guêpier de Leschenault
adult

Habitat

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

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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