
Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater
Merops hirundineus
Habitat
Canopy
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
22 g
LCAvesCoraciiformesMeropidae
Seasonal Activity
36,629 sightings · 2000–2026
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Canopy
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 22 g
Photo
(c) Friso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Friso
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Occurrence data from GBIF.