Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Merops leschenaulti - Guêpier de Leschenault
Systematics
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Order:
Coraciiformes
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Family:
Méropidés
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Genus:
Merops
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Species:
leschenaulti
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 20 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 23 à 33 g
Geographic range
Identification
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti (India and Sri Lanka to sc China, Indochina and Malay Pen.)
- Merops leschenaulti quinticolor (Sumatra, Java and Bali)
- Merops leschenaulti andamanensis (Andaman Is.)
Foreign names
- Guêpier de Leschenault,
- Abejaruco cabecirrufo,
- abelharuco-acastanhado,
- Braunkopfspint,
- barnafejű gyurgyalag,
- Bruinkopbijeneter,
- Gruccione testacastana,
- rosthuvad biätare,
- Bengalbieter,
- včelárik hnedohlavý,
- vlha hnědohlavá,
- Rustbiæder,
- kastanjamehiläissyöjä,
- abellerol cap-rogenc,
- żołna obrożna,
- ogrličasti čebelar,
- Буроголовая щурка,
- Kirik-kirik senja,
- チャガシラハチクイ,
- 栗头蜂虎,
- นกจาบคาหัวสีส้ม,
- 栗頭蜂虎,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, 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
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EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- 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
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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