Listen to the White-throated bee-eater
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About the White-throated bee-eater
The White-throated bee-eater is a bird in the family Meropidae (order Coraciiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 23 g.
What does the White-throated bee-eater sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as flight call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
Related birds in the genus Merops
Frequently asked questions
What does a White-throated bee-eater sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the White-throated bee-eater on this page, including its flight call and song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the White-throated bee-eater endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the White-throated bee-eater as “least concern”.
What family does the White-throated bee-eater belong to?
The White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) belongs to the family Meropidae in the order Coraciiformes.
Sources & credits
- Flight call, song · Kilifi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q746422 – CC0
- Wikipedia: White-throated bee-eater – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by René Mayorga from Accra, Ghana – CC BY-SA 2.0