Little Bee-eater / Merops pusillus LC
- Synonyms Little Bee Eater
- Old latin name for bird Melittophagus pusillus
Little Bee-eaterbird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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Where to see Little Bee-eater
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Little Bee-eater subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merops pusillus argutus | sw Angola, Botswana and sw Zambia | - | No |
| Merops pusillus cyanostictus | e Ethiopia, w Somalia and e Kenya | - | No |
| Merops pusillus meridionalis | s, e DR Congo to w Kenya s to c Angola, Zimbabwe and South Africa | - | No |
| Merops pusillus ocularis | e DR Congo, n Uganda and c Sudan to the Red Sea coast | - | No |
| Merops pusillus pusillus | Senegal and Gambia to sw Sudan and n DR Congo | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinbyvreter |
| Belarusian | Карлікавая шчурка |
| Bengali | হছাট ুিআমচাযা |
| Breton | Gwespetaer bihan |
| Bulgarian | Малък пчелояд |
| Catalan | abellerol petit |
| Chinese | 小蜂虎 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小蜂虎 |
| Croatian | mala pčelarica |
| Czech | vlha malá |
| Danish | Dværgbiæder |
| Dutch | Dwergbijeneter |
| Esperanto | Malgranda abelmanĝulo |
| Estonian | pisi-mesilasenäpp |
| Finnish | kääpiömehiläissyöjä |
| French | Guêpier nain |
| Frisian | Dwerchbijefretter |
| Galician | Abellaruco pequeno |
| German | Zwergspiunt, Zwergspint |
| Greek | Μικρoμελισσοφάγος |
| Hungarian | törpegyurgyalag |
| Icelandic | Stúfsvelgur |
| Irish | Beachaire beag |
| Italian | Gruccione minore, Gruccione pettocannella minore |
| Japanese | ヒメハチクイ |
| Latvian | Mazais bišķērājs |
| Lithuanian | nykštukinis bitininkas, Mažasis bitininkas |
| Macedonian | Мала пчеларка |
| Northern Sami | Deaggauvloborri |
| Norwegian | dvergbieter |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Dvergbietar |
| Polish | zolna mala, żołna mała |
| Portuguese | Abelharuco-dourado, Abelharuco-pequeno, Abelharuco pequeno, abelharuco-pequeno |
| Romanian | Prigorie mică |
| Russian | Карликовая щурка, Крошечная щурка |
| Serbian | Mala pčelarica |
| Slovak | Včelárik trpasličí, vcelárik malý, včelárik malý |
| Slovenian | mali čebelar |
| Spanish | Abejaruco chico |
| Swahili | Kerem Mdogo |
| Swedish | dvärgbiätare |
| Tatar | кәрлә корташар |
| Tsonga | Tinziwolana |
| Tswana | Morôkapula |
| Turkish | Küçük Arıkuşu |
| Ukrainian | бджолоїдка карликова |
| Welsh | Gwenynysor bach |
| Zulu | iNkotha |