Blue-breasted Bee-eater / Merops variegatus
Blue-breasted Bee-eater bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Blue-breasted), Blue-breasted Bee Eater |
Old latin name for bird | Melittophagus variegatus |
Order | Kingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes |
Family | Bee-eaters / Meropidae |
Genus | Merops |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | se Nigeria to Angola and e Africa |
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Where to see Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater subspecies (3)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Merops variegatus bangweoloensis | e Angola to se DR Congo, Zambia and w Tanzania | - | No |
Merops variegatus loringi | se Nigeria and Cameroon to Uganda and w Kenya | - | No |
Merops variegatus variegatus | Gabon to c DR Congo and n Angola | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Bengali | নীরফুক ুিআমচাযা |
Catalan | abellerol de pit blau |
Chinese | 蓝胸蜂虎 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 藍胸蜂虎 |
Croatian | plavoprsa pčelarica |
Czech | vlha modroprsá |
Danish | Blåkravet Biæder |
Dutch | Blauwborstbijeneter |
Esperanto | Blubrusta abelmanĝulo |
Estonian | soo-mesilasenäpp |
Finnish | savannimehiläissyöjä |
French | Guêpier à collier bleu |
German | Blaubrustspint [variegatus-Gruppe], Blaubrustspint |
Hungarian | kékmellű gyurgyalag |
Italian | Gruccione pettoblu, Gruccione pettazzurro |
Japanese | ルリムネハチクイ, ルリムネハチクイ(variegatus グループ) |
Lithuanian | mėlynkrūtis bitininkas |
Norwegian | blåbrystbieter, blåbrystbieter (variegatus gr.), Blåbrystbieter |
Polish | żołna niebieskopierśna [gr. variegatus], zolna niebieskopiersna, żołna niebieskopierśna |
Portuguese | abelharuco-de-peito-azul, abelharuco-de-colar-azul |
Russian | Синегрудая щурка, Синегрудая щурка [группа variegatus] |
Serbian | Plavogruda pčelarica |
Slovak | včelárik modroprsý (skup.), včelárik modroprsý |
Slovenian | močvirski čebelar |
Spanish | Abejaruco de Pecho Azul, Abejaruco Variegado (grupo variegatus), Abejaruco variegado |
Swahili | Kerem Kidari-buluu |
Swedish | blåkragad biätare, blåkragad biätare [gruppen variegatus] |
Tatar | күк түшле корташар |
Turkish | Mavi Göğüslü Arıkuşu, Mavi göğüslü arıkuşu [variegatus grubu] |
Ukrainian | бджолоїдка синьовола |