Swallow-tailed Bee-eater / Merops hirundineus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Swallow-tailed Bee Eater, Swallow tailed Bee eater, Swallowtailed Bee-eater |
Old latin name for bird | Merops hirundinaceus, Dicrocercus hirundineus |
Order | Kingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes |
Family | Bee-eaters / Meropidae |
Genus | Merops |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | widespread |
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Ethiopian Bee-eater

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Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Rosy Bee-eater

White-fronted Bee-eater

Asian Green Bee-eater
Where to see Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater subspecies (4)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus | Senegal to Central African Republic | - | No |
Merops hirundineus furcatus | se DR Congo and Tanzania s to Zimbabwe and Mozambique | - | No |
Merops hirundineus heuglini | ne DR Congo, n Uganda, s Sudan and sw Ethiopia | - | No |
Merops hirundineus hirundineus | Angola through Namibia and Botswana to n South Africa | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Swaelstertbyvreter |
Bengali | হচযাহরজ ুিআমচাযা |
Catalan | abellerol cua d'oreneta |
Chinese | 燕尾蜂虎 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 燕尾蜂虎 |
Croatian | pčelarica lastarka |
Czech | Vlha vlaštovcí, vlha vlaštovčí |
Danish | Svalehalebiæder |
Dutch | Zwaluwstaartbijeneter |
Esperanto | Hirundovosta abelmanĝulo |
Estonian | harksaba-mesilasenäpp |
Finnish | haaramehiläissyöjä |
French | Guêpier à queue d'aronde, Guêpier à queue d'hirondelle, Guêpier à queue d’aronde |
German | Schwalbenschwanzspint Gabelschwanzspint, Schwalbenschwanzspint |
Hungarian | fecskefarkú gyurgyalag |
Icelandic | Svölusvelgur |
Italian | Gruccione codadirondine, Gruccione coda di rondine |
Japanese | エンビハチクィ, エンビハチクイ |
Lithuanian | Smailiauodegis bitininkas, kregždžiauodegis bitininkas |
Norwegian | Svalebieter, svalebieter |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Svalebietar |
Polish | zolna widlosterna, żołna widłosterna |
Portuguese | abelharuco-andorinha, Abelharuco-de-cauda-forcada, Abelharuco de cauda forcada, abelharuco-de-cauda-forcada |
Russian | Ласточкохвостая щурка |
Serbian | Lastorepa pčelarica |
Slovak | včelárik lastovičí, Včelárik lastovičkovitý |
Slovenian | lastovičji čebelar |
Spanish | Abejaruco Cola de Golondrina, Abejaruco golondrina |
Swahili | Keremberere |
Swedish | svalstjärtad biätare |
Tatar | карлыгач койрыклы корташар |
Tswana | Morôkapula |
Turkish | Kırlangıç Kuyruklu Arıkuşu |
Ukrainian | бджолоїдка вилохвоста |