Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Summary

Blue-tailed Bee-eater is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month, #1,546 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's image is recorded as Blue-tailed Bee-eater in Sundarbans National Park July 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 03.jpg^[3].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's image is recorded as SL Bundala NP asv2020-01 img08.jpg^[4].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[7].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's parent taxon is recorded as Merops^[8].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon name is recorded as Merops philippinus^[9].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's Commons category is recorded as Merops philippinus^[10].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22683750^[11].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k1n0^[12].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 457331^[13].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554659^[14].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2475452^[15].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's Commons gallery is recorded as Merops philippinus^[16].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. philippinus'}^[17].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blue-tailed Bee-eater'}^[18].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'นกจาบคาหัวเขียว'}^[19].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Blauschwanzspint'}^[20].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Abejaruco coliazul'}^[21].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'abellerol cuablau'}^[22].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'vlha modroocasáá'}^[23].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'sinisaba-mesilasenäpp'}^[24].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Blåhalebieter'}^[25].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Синехвостая щурка'}^[26].
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハリオハチクイ'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Blue-tailed Bee-eater ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month, #1,546 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]