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European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster Linnaeus, C 1758

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Stanislas Wroza 2017-07-22 Générac, Gard, Occitanie, Gard (France) (90 m) alarm call, big colony with hundreds of birds, call, flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 380980
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster David Darrell-Lambert 2022-08-20 Marabah Dam area, Jizan (Saudi Arabia) (360 m) call - [sono] 1059071
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Matthias Koster 2020-07-18 Koningsbosch, Echt-Susteren, Limburg, Limburg (Netherlands) (100 m) adult, alarm call, call, flight call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 626445
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Adrien Peillon 2025-08-31 Tourterelles (near Montpellier), Hérault, Occitanie, Hérault (France) (50 m) call, flight call - [also] [sono] 1062279
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Ireneusz Oleksik 2023-07-03 Jurilovca, Jurilovca, Tulcea, Tulcea (Romania) (0 m) call, flight call - [sono] 815201
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Sergi Carreras 2026-06-07 Plaça Vila VNG - Catalunya, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain) (20 m) flight call -

Two different calls from merops apiaster.

 1142647
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Ivan V 2022-08-21 , Beograd (Serbia)   -   477049991
macaulaylibrary.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Adrien Peillon 2025-09-07 Arrondissement de Lodève (near Saint-Maurice-Navacelles), Hérault, Occitanie, Gard (France) (600 m) call, flight call - [also] [sono] 1062277
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Uku Paal 2026-06-17 Rodos, Southern Aegean, Decentralized Administration of the Aegean, Rhodos (Greece) (100 m) flight call -

hpf

 1149425
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Alain Verneau 2025-04-26 Baths of Aphrodite, Paphos (Cyprus) (60 m) flight call - [sono] 1049014
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster wilmet sebastien 2023-06-14 Arrondissement de Verdun (near Brieulles-sur-Meuse), Meuse, Grand Est, Meuse (France) (180 m) song, subsong - [sono] 811551
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Ding Li Yong 2015-05-27 Aman Kutan, Kashkadarya Province, Qashqadaryo (Uzbekistan) (1600 m) adult, call, flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 620305
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Jarek Matusiak 2021-08-20 Općina Starigrad, Zadarska županija, Zadarska (Croatia) (750 m) adult, flight call, juvenile -

migrating flock over mountains with some young still feeding by adults

 669451
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Dries Van de Loock 2020-10-24 Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (1500 m) flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 660733
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster David Darrell-Lambert 2022-09-09 Lower Abbey, Sizewell, Suffolk, Suffolk (United Kingdom) (0 m) flight call - [sono] 1059072
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Stanislas Wroza 2026-05-05 Lesvos - Tsiknias river, Lesbos (former) (Greece) (1 m) call, song, bill snapping - [sono] 1134758
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Paul van Nuys 2025-04-08 Olhão, Olhão, Faro District, Olhão (Portugal) (0 m) flight call -

groepje, alleen gehoord

 986400
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster James Bradley 2014-10-30 Langata, Nairobi, Nairobi Area (Kenya) (1810 m) call, flight call -

Calls from a flock of ~ 20 birds overhead.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 205398
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Albert Lastukhin 2016-07-30 Malye Shikhirdany, Batyrevskiy rayon, Chuvash Republic, Chuvashia, Republic of (Russian Federation) (90 m) flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 569440
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Marc Anderson 2018-04-17 Sierra de Cazorla Comarca (near Cazorla), Jaén, Andalucía, Jaén (Spain) (1400 m) flight call -

bird-seen:no

 412440
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Stanislas Wroza 2017-07-22 Générac, Gard, Occitanie, Gard (France) (90 m) alarm call, big colony with hundreds of birds, call, flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 380979
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Stanislas Wroza 2023-05-03 Rogliano, Haute-Corse, Corse, Haute-Corse (France) (0 m) flight call, birds in migration - [sono] 800211
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Marcel Gil Velasco 2020-07-23 Aguaviva de la Vega, Soria, Castilla y León, Soria (Spain) (950 m) call -

Passing flock.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 579740
xeno-canto.org
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster Jack Berteau 2021-08-03 Arrondissement d'Istres (near Istres), Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhône (France) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 674934
xeno-canto.org
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