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Cinnamon-chested bee-eater

Merops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892)

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The cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) is a species in the family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes. Recorded adults weigh 22 g to 26.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
Photo: Tom Tarrant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cinnamon-chested bee-eater

Weight
22 g – 26.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.25 – 2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cinnamon-chested bee-eater live?

Not recorded

What is the cinnamon-chested bee-eater?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is mainly native to the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests of East Africa, in the regions surrounding Lake Victoria.

From the Wikipedia article “Cinnamon-chested bee-eater” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cinnamon-chested_bee-eater&oldid=1373628824), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cinnamon-chested bee-eater endangered?

The cinnamon-chested bee-eater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the cinnamon-chested bee-eater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCoraciiformes
  5. familyMeropidae
  6. genusMerops
  7. SpeciesMerops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892)

Synonyms Melittophagus lafresnayii oreobates, Melittophagus oreobates, Merops lafresnayii oreobates

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • CCBEEnglish
  • Cinnamon-breasted bee-eaterEnglish
  • Cinnamon-breasted bee-eaterEnglish
  • وروار قرفي الصدرArabic
  • Abellerol muntanyencCatalan
  • abellerol de muntanyaCatalan
  • vlha skořicovoprsáCzech
  • gwenynysor bronwinau'r DeWelsh
  • Okkerbrystet BiæderDanish
  • BergspintGerman
  • SchwarzbrustspintGerman
  • cinambrusta abelmanĝuloEsperanto
  • Abejaruco montanoSpanish
  • mägi-mesilasenäppEstonian
  • kanelimehiläissyöjäFinnish
  • Guêpier montagnardFrench
  • cimetastotrba pčelaricaCroatian
  • hegyi gyurgyalagHungarian
  • Gruccione pettocannellaItalian
  • チャムネハチクイJapanese
  • kalninis bitininkasLithuanian
  • BergbijeneterDutch
  • bergbieterNorwegian
  • żołna rdzawobrzuchaPolish
  • abelharuco-montêsPortuguese
  • abelharuco-da-montanhaPortuguese
  • abelharuco-de-peito-marromPortuguese
  • Ошейниковая щуркаRussian
  • Черногрудая щуркаRussian
  • včelárik horskýSlovak
  • gorski čebelarSlovenian
  • Pčelarica cimetastih grudiSerbian
  • bergbiätareSwedish
  • Dağ ArıkuşuTurkish
  • бджолоїдка суданськаUkrainian
  • 红胸蜂虎Chinese
  • 褐胸蜂虎Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the cinnamon-chested bee-eater

Other species in the same genus Merops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cinnamon-chested bee-eater?

An adult cinnamon-chested bee-eater weighs 22 g – 26.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cinnamon-chested bee-eater endangered?

The cinnamon-chested bee-eater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the cinnamon-chested bee-eater?

The cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) belongs to the family Meropidae in the order Coraciiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{cinnamon_chested_bee_eater_2026,
  title = {Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cinnamon-chested-bee-eater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}