Black Bee-eater bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBlack Bee Eater
Old latin name for birdMelittophagus gularis
OrderKingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes
FamilyBee-eaters / Meropidae
GenusMerops
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionc, w

Black Bee-eater bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Paweł Szymański
    Cameroon
  • 2.
    Call, © Jacob C. Cooper
    Equatorial Guinea
  • 3.
    Call, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Cameroon
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Ghana
  • 5.
    Adult, call, sex uncertain, song, © Rod Cassidy
    Central African Republic
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Uganda
  • 7.
    Call, © Hans Groot
    Uganda
  • 8.
    Call, flight call, © Paweł Szymański
    Cameroon
  • 9.
    Call, © Hans Matheve
    Ghana
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Black Bee-eater

Black Bee-eater subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Merops gularis australisse Nigeria to w Uganda and n Angola-No
Merops gularis gularisSierra Leone to s Nigeria-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliকারা ঳ুিআমচাযা
Catalanabellerol negre
Chinese黑蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional)黑蜂虎
Croatiancrnoleđa pčelarica
Czechvlha sametová
DanishSort Biæder
DutchZwarte Bijeneter
EsperantoNigra abelmanĝulo
Estonianmust-mesilasenäpp
Finnishmustamehiläissyöjä
FrenchGuêpier noir
GermanPurpurspint, Samtspint
Hungarianbársonyos gyurgyalag
ItalianGruccione nero
Japaneseクロハチクイ
Lithuanianjuodasis bitininkas
NorwegianSvartbieter, svartbieter
Norwegian NynorskSvartbietar
Polishżołna czarna, zolna czarna
Portugueseabelharuco-preto
RussianЧёрная щурка
SerbianCrna pčelarica
Slovakvčelárik čierny
Sloveniančrni čebelar
SpanishAbejaruco negro
SwahiliKerem Mweusi
Swedishsvart biätare
Tatarкара корташар
TurkishKara Arıkuşu
Ukrainianбджолоїдка чорна