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Species
Least ConcernBlue-breasted Bee-eater
species
Observations317
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Merops variegatus
- taxon name
- Merops variegatus
- taxon common name
- abelharuco-de-colar-azul
- litter size
- 2.4
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegatus) is a central African species of bird. It is a member of the family Meropidae. Meropids are all visually similar and have a diet specialized in Hymenopterans.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blue-breasted Bee-eater” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.