Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus - Guêpier à queue d'aronde

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 18 à 27 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

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

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Merops hirundineus hirundineus (Angola through Namibia and Botswana to n South Africa)
Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus (Senegal to Central African Republic)
Merops hirundineus heuglini (ne DRCongo, n Uganda, s Sudan and sw Ethiopia)
Merops hirundineus furcatus (se DRCongo and Tanzania south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique)

Foreign names

Guêpier à queue d'aronde,
Abejaruco golondrina,
abelharuco-andorinha,
Schwalbenschwanzspint,
fecskefarkú gyurgyalag,
Zwaluwstaartbijeneter,
Gruccione coda di rondine,
svalstjärtad biätare,
Svalebieter,
včelárik lastovičí,
vlha vlaštovčí,
Svalehalebiæder,
haaramehiläissyöjä,
Swaelstertbyvreter,
abellerol cua d'oreneta,
żołna widłosterna,
lastovičji čebelar,
Ласточкохвостая щурка,
エンビハチクイ,
燕尾蜂虎,
svalstjärtad biätare,
燕尾蜂虎,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded