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Rainbow Bee-eater

species of bird
Taxon Taxon Q833979

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
M. ornatus[6]
Egg incubation period
+21[25]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[3]
Litter size
+4.6[24]
Mass
26.1 (4.1–29.8, n=3)[21][22][23]
Parent taxon
Merops[4]
Taxon common name
Rainbow Bee-eater, Regenbogenspint, Abejaruco australiano, Guêpier arc-en-ciel, Gruccione iridato, Радужная щурка, Regenboogbijeneter, Regnbuebiæder, Regnbuebieter, ハチクイ, abellerol irisat, vlha ozdobná, austraalia mesilasenäpp, regnbågsbiätare, australianmehiläissyöjä, feketefarkú gyurgyalag, żołna tęczowa, včelárik ozdobný, abelharuco-colorido, vaivorykštinis bitininkas, Kirik-kirik australia, varavīksnes bišķērājs, 彩虹蜂虎, avstralski čebelar, бджолоїдка райдужна, gwenynysor amryliw, crnorepa pčelarica, abelharuco-australiano, abelharuco-arco-íris[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Taxon name
Merops ornatus[5]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Merops ornatus en Rainbow Bee-eater ar وروار قوس قزح cs vlha ozdobná cs Merops ornatus da Regnbuebiæder de Merops ornatus de Regenbogenspint es Abejaruco australiano fa زنبورخوار آراسته fi australianmehiläissyöjä fr Guepier arc-en-ciel fr Guêpier arc-en-ciel fr Merops ornatus he שרקרק קשת בענן hu feketefarkú gyurgyalag hu Merops ornatus hu szivárványgyurgyalag id Kirik-kirik australia it Gruccione iridato
🔖 Identifiers · 34
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rainbow Bee-eaters at Round Hill Nature Reserve NSW Australia.jpg ↗
ABBBS Taxon ID
670
ADW taxon ID
Merops_ornatus
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Merops_(Merops)_ornatus
Avibase taxon ID
3EDF8B55F09854A3
BOLD Systems taxon ID
88818
BirdLife Australia ID
rainbow-bee-eater
BirdLife taxon ID
22683753
Birdata ID
329
CAB ID
212514
CalPhotos taxon ID
Merops+ornatus
Catalogue of Life ID
3ZW5K
Show all 34 identifiers +22
EBird taxon ID
rabeat1
Freebase ID
/m/07hx87
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2475422
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
regnbuebieter
INaturalist taxon ID
2238
IRMNG ID
11125073
ITIS TSN
554660
IUCN taxon ID
22683753
Macaulay Library taxon ID
rabeat1
MyBIS species ID
54163
NBIC scientific name ID
177911
NCBI taxonomy ID
361449
Observation.org taxon ID
71177
Oiseaux.net ID
guepier.arc-en-ciel
Open Tree of Life ID
614658
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
400596
Queensland Biota ID
1764
TaiBNET ID
404608
TaiCOL ID (new version)
t0068968
Xeno-canto species ID
Merops-ornatus
Yale LUX ID
concept/8b02ebd9-4384-4867-99c0-b6122056d61e
ZooBank ID for name or act
8B535648-30CC-45FE-B66B-3E4F07DB2013

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🔗 Connections
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Merops
Taxon rank 1
species
← Species kept 1
Adelaide Zoo
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Summary

Rainbow Bee-eater is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Merops
    Mass → 4.1 gram, 29.8 gram, 26.1 gram
    Egg incubation period → 21 day
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