Merops hirundineus: taxon details and analytics

Merops hirundineus in languages:

Afrikaans

Swaelstertbyvreter

Arabic

وروار سنونوي الذيل

Bokmål

Svalebieter

Czech

vlha vlaštovčí

Danish

Svalehalebiæder

Dutch

Zwaluwstaartbijeneter

English

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

English

STBE

Finnish

haaramehiläissyöjä

French

Guêpier à queue d'aronde

German

Schwalbenschwanzbienenfresser

Hungarian

fecskefarkú gyurgyalag

Italian

Gruccione a coda di rondine

Japanese

エンビハチクイ

Portuguese

Abelharuco-andorinha

Russian

Ласточкохвостая щурка

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Parent Taxon

• Merops

Sibling Taxa

• Merops albicollis
• Merops americanus
• Merops apiaster
• Merops boehmi
• Merops breweri
• Merops bullockoides
• Merops bulocki
• Merops cyanophrys
• Merops gularis
• Merops hirundineus
• Merops lafresnayii
• Merops leschenaulti
• Merops malimbicus
• Merops mentalis
• Merops muelleri
• Merops nubicoides
• Merops nubicus
• Merops oreobates
• Merops orientalis
• Merops ornatus
• Merops persicus
• Merops philippinus
• Merops pusillus
• Merops revoilii
• Merops superciliosus
• Merops variegatus
• Merops viridis
• Merops viridissimus

Child Taxa

• Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus
• Merops hirundineus furcatus
• Merops hirundineus heuglini
• Merops hirundineus hirundineus

Top Observation Places

• Serekunda
• Windhoek