Swallow-tailed bee-eater

Swallow-tailed bee-eater
M. hirundineus hirundineus
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
M. hirundineus chrysolaimus
Senegal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species:
M. hirundineus
Binomial name
Merops hirundineus
Synonyms
  • Dicrocercus hirundineus
Juvenile M. h. hirundineus, Namibia
M. hirundineus chrysolaimus in The Gambia

The swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Merops hirundineus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683702A92996665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683702A92996665.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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