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Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus
Family
Bee-eaters
Order
Coraciiformes
Codes
stbeat1, STBE
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyBee-eaters (Meropidae)
SpeciesMerops hirundineus
Codesstbeat1, STBE
Identification

The Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus) is a member of the Bee-eaters family within the order Coraciiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code stbeat1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

Related Species in Bee-eaters
Red-bearded Bee-eater
Nyctyornis amictus
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Nyctyornis athertoni
Purple-bearded Bee-eater
Meropogon forsteni
Black Bee-eater
Merops gularis
Blue-moustached Bee-eater
Merops mentalis
Blue-headed Bee-eater
Merops muelleri
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater photo
(c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Merops hirundineus

Family: Bee-eaters

Order: Coraciiformes

eBird Code: stbeat1