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Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

species of bird
Taxon Taxon Q576802

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
taxon
IUCN conservation status
least concern[3]
Litter size
+2.8
Mass
+3.55, +20
Parent taxon
Merops[4]
Taxon common name
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Swaelstertbyvreter, Schwalbenschwanzspint, Abejaruco golondrina, Guêpier à queue d’aronde, Gruccione coda di rondine, Ласточкохвостая щурка, Svalehalebiæder, Zwaluwstaartbijeneter, Svalebieter, エンビハチクイ, abellerol cua d'oreneta, vlha vlaštovčí, harksaba-mesilasenäpp, haaramehiläissyöjä, fecskefarkú gyurgyalag, żołna widłosterna, včelárik lastovičí, svalstjärtad biätare, abelharuco-andorinha, Guêpier à queue d'hirondelle, kregždžiauodegis bitininkas, gwenynysor fforchog, lastovičji čebelar, бджолоїдка вилохвоста, pčelarica lastarka, Guêpier à queue d'aronde, abelharuco-de-cauda-forcada[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Taxon name
Merops hirundineus[5]
Taxon range
Africa
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Merops hirundineus en Swallow-tailed Bee-eater ar وروار سنونوي الذيل cs vlha vlaštovčí da Svalehalebiæder de Schwalbenschwanzspint es Abejaruco golondrina fa زنبورخوار دم‌پرستویی fi haaramehiläissyöjä fr Guêpier à queue d'aronde fr Guêpier à queue d’aronde fr Guêpier à queue d'hirondelle he שרקרק זנב סנונית hu fecskefarkú gyurgyalag hu Merops hirundineus it Gruccione coda di rondine ja エンビハチクイ nl Zwaluwstaartbijeneter pl żołna widłosterna pt abelharuco-andorinha
🔖 Identifiers · 23
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
152 Swallow-tailed bee-eater in Otjozondjupa Region Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Merops_hirundineus
AnimalBase ID
44125
Avibase taxon ID
910E6D864A401F5D
BOLD Systems taxon ID
115139
BirdLife taxon ID
22683702
CalPhotos taxon ID
Merops+hirundineus
Catalogue of Life ID
3ZW5B
EBird taxon ID
stbeat1
EURING number
33210
Freebase ID
/m/01k6zl
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2475434
Show all 23 identifiers +11
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
svalebieter
INaturalist taxon ID
2203
IRMNG ID
11178196
ITIS TSN
554650
IUCN taxon ID
22683702
NBIC scientific name ID
177901
NCBI taxonomy ID
457294
Oiseaux.net ID
guepier.a.queue.d.aronde
Open Tree of Life ID
150514
Xeno-canto species ID
Merops-hirundineus
Yale LUX ID
concept/f1113fb7-9210-47aa-b7a2-2574c9bf559c

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🔗 Connections
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Merops
Taxon range 1
Africa
Taxon rank 1
species
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Amelin, Masovian Voivodeship
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Summary

Swallow-tailed 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] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . 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 10.1. 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] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
    Litter size → 2.8
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon range → Africa
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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