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Somali bee-eater

Merops revoilii Oustalet, 1882

LCLeast Concernbirds

The somali bee-eater (Merops revoilii) is a species in the family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes. Recorded adults weigh 12.5 g to 13.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Somali bee-eater (Merops revoilii)
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Quick facts about the somali bee-eater

Weight
12.5 g – 13.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
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 somali bee-eater live?

Not recorded

What is the somali bee-eater?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Somali bee-eater (Merops revoilii) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Tanzania.

This is a small bee-eater that prefers arid country and desert areas where it may be locally common. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern", postulating that clearing of woodland and forest is creating new suitable habitat for the bird and that its population trend may therefore be rising.

From the Wikipedia article “Somali bee-eater” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali_bee-eater&oldid=1380578122), 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 somali bee-eater endangered?

The somali 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.

How is the somali bee-eater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCoraciiformes
  5. familyMeropidae
  6. genusMerops
  7. SpeciesMerops revoilii Oustalet, 1882

Synonyms Melittophagus revoilii

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • SOBEEnglish
  • وروار صوماليArabic
  • Сомалийски пчелоядBulgarian
  • Gwespetaer SomaliaBreton
  • abellerol de SomàliaCatalan
  • vlha somálskáCzech
  • gwenynysor y diffeithwchWelsh
  • SomalibiæderDanish
  • SomalispintGerman
  • BlaßspintGerman
  • somalia abelmanĝuloEsperanto
  • Abejaruco somalíSpanish
  • somaali mesilasenäppEstonian
  • somalianmehiläissyöjäFinnish
  • Guêpier de RevoilFrench
  • Guêpier de RévoilFrench
  • szomáli gyurgyalagHungarian
  • Gruccione di SomaliaItalian
  • ソマリアハチクイJapanese
  • ソマリーハチクイJapanese
  • somalinis bitininkasLithuanian
  • Somalische BijeneterDutch
  • somalibieterNorwegian
  • żołna bladaPolish
  • abelharuco-somaliPortuguese
  • abelharuco-norte-africanoPortuguese
  • Сомалийская щуркаRussian
  • včelárik bledýSlovak
  • somalijski čebelarSlovenian
  • Somalijska pčelaricaSerbian
  • somaliabiätareSwedish
  • Somali ArıkuşuTurkish
  • бджолоїдка сомалійськаUkrainian
  • 索馬利蜂虎Chinese
  • 索马里蜂虎Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the somali 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 somali bee-eater?

An adult somali bee-eater weighs 12.5 g – 13.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the somali bee-eater endangered?

The somali 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 somali bee-eater?

The somali bee-eater (Merops revoilii) belongs to the family Meropidae in the order Coraciiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Somali bee-eater (Merops revoilii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/somali-bee-eater

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BibTeX
@misc{somali_bee_eater_2026,
  title = {Somali bee-eater (Merops revoilii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/somali-bee-eater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}