• Synonyms Brown-breasted Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee eater, Blue tailed Bee eater
  • Old latin name for bird Merops superciliosus

Blue-tailed Bee-eaterbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Sri Lanka
  • 2.
    Call, © Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)
    Thailand
  • 3.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 4.
    Call, © vir joshi
    India
  • 5.
    Flight call, © Ross Gallardy
    Thailand
  • 6.
    Call, © Albert Lastukhin & Yuri Glushchenko
    Vietnam
  • 7.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 8.
    Call, © Pronoy Baidya
    India
  • 9.
    Call, flight call, © Mandar Bhagat
    India
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Blue-tailed Bee-eater

  • Breeding region Australasia, Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion India and Sri Lanka to s China, se Asia, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lombok to Timor (Lesser Sundas), coastal ne, s, se New Guinea and New Britain group (se Bismarck Arch.)
  • Non breeding region to Thai-Malay Pen., Greater Sundas and Timor

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliনীরমরজ ঳ুিআমচাযা , নীললেজ সুইচোরা
Catalanabellerol cuablau
Chinese栗喉蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional)栗喉蜂虎
Croatianmodrorepa pčelarica
Czechvlha modroocasáá, vlha modroocasá
DanishBlåhalet Biæder
DutchBlauwstaartbijeneter
EsperantoFilipina abelmanĝulo
Estoniansinisaba-mesilasenäpp
Finnishsafiirimehiläissyöjä
FrenchGuêpier à queue d’azur, Guêpier à queue d'azur, Guêpier à queue bleue
GermanBlauschwanzspint
Hungariankékfarkú gyurgyalag
IndonesianLangir, Burung Kirik-kirik Laut, Kirikkirik Laut, Kirik-kirik laut
ItalianGruccione codazzurra
Japaneseルリオハチクイ, ハリオハチクイ
Lithuanianmėlynuodegis bitininkas
MalayBeberak Ekor Biru, Burung Berek-berek Sawah, Burung Berek-berek Carik Dada, Burung Beberek Ekor Biru
Malayalamവലിയ വേലിത്തത്ത, വലിയ  വേലിത്തത്ത
Nepaliनीलपुच्छ«े मुरलीचरा
Norwegianblåhalebieter
Norwegian NynorskBlåhalebietar
Polishżołna modrosterna, zolna modrosterna
Portugueseabelharuco-de-cauda-azul
RussianСинехвостая щурка
SerbianPlavorepa pčelarica
Slovakvčelárik modrochvostý
Slovenianbodičasti čebelar
SpanishAbejaruco de Cola Azul, Abejaruco coliazul
Swedishblåstjärtad biätare
TamilNeelawal Panchuruttan
Tatarкүк койрыклы корташар
Thaiนกจาบคาหัวเขียว
TurkishMavi Kuyruklu Arıkuşu
Ukrainianбджолоїдка синьохвоста
VietnameseChim Trảu ngực nâu, Trảu đuôi xanh