Olive Bee-eater bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsMadagascar Bee-eater, Madagascar Bee eater, Brown-breasted Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee Eater, Malagassy Bee-eater, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Old latin name for birdMerops donaldsoni, Merops ruficapillus
OrderKingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes
FamilyBee-eaters / Meropidae
GenusMerops
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionEthiopia to Namibia and Madagascar

Olive Bee-eater bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, © Patrik Åberg
    Madagascar
  • 2.
    Call, flight call, © Patrik Åberg
    Madagascar
  • 3.
    Call, flight call, © Patrik Åberg
    Madagascar
  • 4.
    Flight call, © Brian Cox
    Uganda
  • 5.
    Call, flight call, © Patrik Åberg
    Madagascar
  • 6.
    Flight call, © Patrik Åberg
    Madagascar
  • 7.
    Flight call, © Bernard BOUSQUET
    Madagascar
  • 8.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 9.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 10.
    Flight call, © Bernard BOUSQUET
    Madagascar
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Olive Bee-eater

Olive Bee-eater subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Merops superciliosus alternansw Angola and nw Namibia-No
Merops superciliosus superciliosuse Africa, Comoros, Juan de Nova (w of c Madagascar, Mozambique Channel) and Madagascar-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansOlyfbyvreter
Arabicالقارية زرقاء الخدين, خضيري شياني، قارور
ArmenianԿանաչ Մեղվակեր
AzerbaijaniYaşıl qızlarquşu
BelarusianАліўкавая шчурка
BulgarianЗелен пчелояд
CatalanAbellerol gola-roig, abellerol de Madagascar
Chinese栗喉蜂虎, 马岛蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional)馬達加斯加藍尾蜂虎, 馬達加斯加橄綠蜂虎
CroatianZelena pčelarica, Crvenovrata pčelarica, maslinasta pčelarica
Czechvlha zelená
DanishGrøn biæder, Madagaskar-biæder, Madagaskarbiæder
DutchGroene bijeneter, Madagascarbijeneter, Kleine Groene Bijeneter, Blauwwangbijeneter, Madagaskarbijeneter, Blauwwang-bijeneter
Esperantobluvanga abelmanĝulo, Madagaskara abelmanĝulo
Estonianruskekurk-mesilasenäpp, Rohe-mesilasenäpp
Finnishnaamiomehiläissyöjä, Vihermehiläissyöjä
FrenchGuêpier malgache, Guêpier de Perse, Guêpier de Madagascar, Guêpier vert
FrisianMadagaskarbijefretter
GalicianAbellaruco de cara azul, Abellaruco malgaxe
Georgianმწვანე კვირიონი
GermanBlauwangenspint, Madagaskarspint
GreekΠρασινομέροπας
Hebrewשרקרק ירוק
Hungarianzöld gyurgyalag
IcelandicFlugnasvelgur
IndonesianKirik-kirik laut
IrishBeachaire olóige
ItalianGruccione del Madagascar, Gruccione di Persia, Gruccione egiziano, Gruccione dai sopraccigli chiari
Japaneseルリホオハチクィ, マダガスカルハチクイ, ルリホオハチクイ
KazakhЖасыл аражегіш
LatvianZilvaigu bišķērājs
LithuanianŽaliasis (Madagaskarinis) bitininkas, žaliasis bitininkas
MalagasyKirioke, taotaonkafo, Kiriokirioke, Kirikioka, Tsikiriokirioke
MalteseQerd in-Naħal Aħmar
Northern SamiHápmauvloborri
NorwegianOlivenbieter, Blåkinnbieter, olivenbieter
Norwegian NynorskOlivenbietar
Polishzolna zielona, Zimorodek, żołna zielona
Portugueseabelharuco-de-faces-azuis, abelharuco-oliváceo, Abelharuco-de-garganta-vermelha, Abelharuco-malgaxe, abelharuco-malgaxe
RussianОливковая щурка, Zelyonaya Shchurka, Зеленая щурка, Зелёная щурка, Большая зелёная щурка
SerbianCrvenovrata pčelarica, Zelena pčelarica
Slovakvčelárik zelený, vcelárik zelený
Slovenianzeleni čebelar, olivni čebelar
SpanishAbejaruco Papirrojo, Vencerjo cafre, Abejaruco malgache, Abejaruco papirrijo, Abejaruco Bigotudo
SwahiliKiole, Kerem Kiole
Swedisholivbiätare, Grön biätare, olivgrön biätare
Tatarсаргылт яшел корташар
Thaiนกจาบคาหัวเขียว
TurkishMadagaskar Arıkuşu, Arıkuşu, Yeşil Arıkuşu, Zeytuni Arıkuşu, yeşil arykuşu
UkrainianБджолоїдка зелена , бджолоїдка оливкова, Зелена бджолоїдка
WelshGwenynysor aeliog