African Green Bee-eater

Merops viridissimus - Guêpier vert

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adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Coraciiformes

  • Family
    :

    Méropidés

  • Genus
    :

    Merops

  • Species
    :

    viridissimus

Descriptor

Swainson, 1837

Biometrics
  • Size
    : cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guêpier vert
Guêpier vert

African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Merops viridissimus viridissimus (Senegal to n and c Ethiopia)
  • Merops viridissimus flavoviridis ()
  • Merops viridissimus cleopatra ()

Foreign names

  • Guêpier vert,
  • Abejaruco esmeralda africano,
  • abelharuco-verde-africano,
  • Afrikasmaragdspint,
  • Afrikaanse Kleine Groene Bijeneter,
  • sahelbiätare,
  • včelárik savanový,
  • vlha sahelská,
  • Sahelbiæder,
  • abellerol maragda africà,
  • żołna szmaragdowa,
  • 非洲绿喉蜂虎,

Voice song and cries

Guêpier vert

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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