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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti · Family Meropidae

Merops leschenaulti

Family Meropidae

Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Meropidae
GBIF occurrence records
111,724
Countries and territories with records
15
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
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About this species

This species has 111,724 occurrence records from 15 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (68.2%), Thailand (13.3%), Sri Lanka (5.3%), Nepal (2.9%) and Indonesia (2%); together they account for 91.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.12% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Merops leschenaulti combines the genus name Merops with the species epithet leschenaulti. The Warbla app catalog lists 27 species of the genus Merops; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Merops apiaster, Merops orientalis and Merops ornatus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 30 species of the family Meropidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Merops apiaster. Its record count is close to the family average (107,640). The family Meropidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Meropidae

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