Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Merops variegatus - Guêpier à collier bleu

Systematics

Order
:
Coraciiformes
Family
:
Méropidés
Genus
:
Merops
Species
:
variegatus

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics

Size
: 21 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 20 à 25 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

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

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Merops variegatus variegatus (Gabon to c DRCongo and n Angola)
Merops variegatus loringi (se Nigeria and Cameroon to Uganda and w Kenya)
Merops variegatus bangweoloensis (e Angola to se DRCongo, Zambia and w Tanzania)

Foreign names

Guêpier à collier bleu,
Abejaruco variegado,
abelharuco-de-colar-azul,
Blaubrustspint,
kékmellű gyurgyalag,
Blauwborstbijeneter,
Gruccione pettoblu,
blåkragad biätare,
Blåbrystbieter,
včelárik modroprsý,
vlha modroprsá,
Blåkravet Biæder,
savannimehiläissyöjä,
abellerol de pit blau,
żołna niebieskopierśna,
močvirski čebelar,
Синегрудая щурка,
ルリムネハチクイ,
蓝胸蜂虎,
藍胸蜂虎,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands, 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 : Plantations