Red-throated Bee-eater
Merops bulocki - Guêpier à gorge rouge
Systematics
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Order:
Coraciiformes
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Family:
Méropidés
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Genus:
Merops
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Species:
bulocki
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 22 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 20 à 30 g
Geographic range
Identification
Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Merops bulocki bulocki (Senegal and Gambia to Central African Republic)
- Merops bulocki frenatus (s Sudan and w Ethiopia to ne DRCongo and n Uganda)
Foreign names
- Guêpier à gorge rouge,
- Abejaruco gorjirrojo,
- abelharuco-de-garganta-ruiva,
- Rotkehlspint,
- vöröstorkú gyurgyalag,
- Roodkeelbijeneter,
- Gruccione golarossa,
- rödstrupig biätare,
- Rødstrupebieter,
- včelárik zelenočelý,
- vlha zelenočelá,
- Rødstrubet Biæder,
- rotkomehiläissyöjä,
- abellerol gola-roig,
- żołna czerwonogardła,
- rdečegrli čebelar,
- Красногорлая щурка,
- アカノドハチクイ,
- 赤喉蜂虎,
- 赤喉蜂虎,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- Martins-pêcheurs, martins-chasseurs, guêpiers et rolliers, Hilary Fry et Kathie Fry
- Vol. 6 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Birds of the Gambia and Senegal, Clive Barlow, Tim Wacher, Tony Disley
- Birds of Western Africa, Nick Borrow and Ron Demey
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
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- Columbiformes
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- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
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- Podicipediformes
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- Struthioniformes
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- Tinamiformes
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