European bee-eater: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European bee-eater lives – recorded in 71 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Merops apiaster
Group	Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	71 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	6.5 g (birth weight)
Diet (main food)	butterfly, beetle, Odonata, termite, bee, wasps
Class	Bird
Order	Coraciiformes
Family	Meropidae

Where does the European bee-eater live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European bee-eater in 71 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Eswatini, Ghana, Kosovo, France.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an European bee-eater?

Wikidata records the following for the European bee-eater: mass 6.5 g (birth weight).

What does an European bee-eater eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the European bee-eater as: butterfly, beetle, Odonata, termite, bee, wasps.

Is the European bee-eater endangered?

The European bee-eater’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European bee-eater?

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a bird in the order Coraciiformes and the family Meropidae, genus Merops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European bee-eater

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a bird species in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. It has the largest range of any bee-eater species, breeding in southern and central Europe, northern and southern Africa, and western Asia. Except for the resident southern African population, the species is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa. This species occurs as a spring overshoot north of its usual range, with occasional breeding in northern Europe.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European bee-eater (revision 1375908519), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q170718 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).