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
NorwegianBlåkinnbieter, olivenbieter, Olivenbieter
Norwegian NynorskOlivenbietar
PolishZimorodek, zolna zielona, żołna zielona
Portugueseabelharuco-oliváceo, abelharuco-malgaxe, Abelharuco-de-garganta-vermelha, Abelharuco-malgaxe, abelharuco-de-faces-azuis
RussianЗеленая щурка, Zelyonaya Shchurka, Зелёная щурка, Большая зелёная щурка, Оливковая щурка
SerbianCrvenovrata pčelarica, Zelena pčelarica
Slovakvčelárik zelený, vcelárik zelený
Slovenianolivni čebelar, zeleni čebelar
SpanishAbejaruco Bigotudo, Abejaruco Papirrojo, Abejaruco papirrijo, Vencerjo cafre, Abejaruco malgache
SwahiliKerem Kiole, Kiole
SwedishGrön biätare, olivgrön biätare, olivbiätare
Tatarсаргылт яшел корташар
Thaiนกจาบคาหัวเขียว
TurkishZeytuni Arıkuşu, Arıkuşu, Yeşil Arıkuşu, Madagaskar Arıkuşu, yeşil arykuşu
UkrainianЗелена бджолоїдка, бджолоїдка оливкова, Бджолоїдка зелена
WelshGwenynysor aeliog