Blue-throated Bee-eater

Merops viridis - Guêpier à gorge bleue

Guêpier à gorge bleue
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Coraciiformes

  • Family
    :

    Méropidés

  • Genus
    :

    Merops

  • Species
    :

    viridis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 21 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 34 à 41 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guêpier à gorge bleue
adult
Guêpier à gorge bleue
subadult

Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Guêpier à gorge bleue,
  • Abejaruco gorjiazul,
  • abelharuco-de-garganta-azul,
  • Malaienspint,
  • kéktorkú gyurgyalag,
  • Maleise Bijeneter,
  • Gruccione golazzurra,
  • blåstrupig biätare,
  • Jadebieter,
  • včelárik modrohrdlý,
  • vlha malajská,
  • Brunnakket Biæder,
  • indonesianmehiläissyöjä,
  • abellerol golablau,
  • żołna modrogardła,
  • malajski čebelar,
  • Малайская щурка,
  • Kirik-kirik biru,
  • ルリノドハチクイ,
  • 蓝喉蜂虎,
  • นกจาบคาคอสีฟ้า,
  • 藍喉栗頭蜂虎,

Voice song and cries

Guêpier à gorge bleue

Habitat

Guêpier à gorge bleue
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Sand Dunes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Guêpier à gorge bleue
published: - Updated: 08-04-2007
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