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White-throated bee-eater

Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817

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The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a species in the family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes. Recorded adults weigh 22.9 g to 25.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis)
Photo: René Mayorga from Accra, Ghana · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-throated bee-eater

Weight
22.9 g – 25.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5.3 – 6src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the white-throated bee-eater

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White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis)
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis)
Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the white-throated bee-eater live?

Not recorded

What is the white-throated bee-eater?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara. The white-throated bee-eater is migratory, wintering in a completely different habitat in the equatorial rain forests of Africa from southern Senegal to Uganda.

From the Wikipedia article “White-throated bee-eater” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-throated_bee-eater&oldid=1339390697), 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 white-throated bee-eater endangered?

The white-throated 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 white-throated bee-eater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCoraciiformes
  5. familyMeropidae
  6. genusMerops
  7. SpeciesMerops albicollis Vieillot, 1817

Synonyms Aerops albicollis, Aerops albicollis maior, Merops albicollis albicollis, Merops albicollis major, Merops savignii

Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • Whitethroated bee-eaterEnglish
  • WTBEEnglish
  • WitkeelbyvreterAfrikaans
  • وروار أبيض الحنجرةArabic
  • Белогуш пчелоядBulgarian
  • Gwespetaer gouzoug gwennBreton
  • abellerol golablancCatalan
  • Abellerol gorjablancCatalan
  • vlha bělohrdláCzech
  • gwenynysor gyddfwynWelsh
  • Hvidstrubet BiæderDanish
  • WeißkehlspintGerman
  • WeißkehlbienenfresserGerman
  • Blankgorĝa abelmanĝuloEsperanto
  • blankagorĝa abelmanĝuloEsperanto
  • Abejaruco GorgiblancoSpanish
  • Abejaruco gorjiblancoSpanish
  • kõrbe-mesilasenäppEstonian
  • زنبورخوار گلوسفیدPersian
  • aavikkomehiläissyöjäFinnish
  • Guêpier à gorge blancheFrench
  • Beachaire píb-bhánIrish
  • Eeder-shellan scoarnagh-baneManx
  • שרקרק לבן גרוןHebrew
  • שרקרק לבן-גרוןHebrew
  • bjelogrla pčelaricaCroatian
  • fehértorkú gyurgyalagHungarian
  • Gruccione golabiancaItalian
  • ノドジロハチクイJapanese
  • baltagurklis bitininkasLithuanian
  • baltkakla bišķērājsLatvian
  • witkeelbijeneterDutch
  • sebrabieterNorwegian
  • żołna białogardłaPolish
  • چٹے گاٹیوالا مکھی کھاناWestern Panjabi
  • abelharuco-de-garganta-brancaPortuguese
  • Белогорлая щуркаRussian
  • včelárik bielohrdlýSlovak
  • zakrinkani čebelarSlovenian
  • Belogrla pčelaricaSerbian
  • vitstrupig biätareSwedish
  • Ak Boğazlı ArıkuşuTurkish
  • бджолоїдка білогорлаUkrainian
  • 白喉蜂虎Chinese

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Relatives of the white-throated 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 white-throated bee-eater?

An adult white-throated bee-eater weighs 22.9 g – 25.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-throated bee-eater endangered?

The white-throated 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 white-throated bee-eater?

The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) belongs to the family Meropidae in the order Coraciiformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{white_throated_bee_eater_2026,
  title = {White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-throated-bee-eater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}