Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Merops nubicoides - Guêpier carmin

Guêpier carmin
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Coraciiformes

  • Family
    :

    Méropidés

  • Genus
    :

    Merops

  • Species
    :

    nubicoides

Descriptor

des Murs Pucheran, 1846

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 39 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 40 à 67 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guêpier carmin
adult plum. breeding
Guêpier carmin
adult plum. breeding

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Guêpier carmin,
  • Abejaruco carmesí sureño,
  • abelharuco-róseo,
  • Karminspint,
  • kármintorkú gyurgyalag,
  • Zuidelijke Karmijnrode Bijeneter,
  • Gruccione carminio meridionale,
  • sydlig karminbiätare,
  • Sinoberbieter,
  • včelárik karmínový,
  • Sydlig Karminbiæder,
  • karmiinimehiläissyöjä,
  • Rooiborsbyvreter,
  • abellerol escarlata meridional,
  • żołna karminowa,
  • škrlatni čebelar,
  • Карминная щурка,
  • ミナミベニハチクイ,
  • 南红蜂虎,
  • 南方洋紅蜂虎,

Voice song and cries

Guêpier carmin
juvenile

Habitat

Guêpier carmin
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland

: Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

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 carmin
published: - Updated: 04-05-2023
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