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Coraciiformes / Meropidae / Merops

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (stbeat1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops

Subspecies (4)

Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus

Senegal to southern Chad and northwestern Central African Republic
Merops hirundineus furcatus

southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Tanzania, Zambia, southern Zimbabwe, and Mozambique
Merops hirundineus heuglini

South Sudan and adjacent Ethiopia, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Merops hirundineus hirundineus

Angola and Namibia to Zimbabwe and northern South Africa

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (stbeat1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.