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title: "Chestnut-headed Bee-eater"
description: "Merops leschenaulti — Uccelli. The chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti), or bay-headed bee-eater, is a bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chestnut-headed-bee-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

> Merops leschenaulti — Uccelli. The chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti), or bay-headed bee-eater, is a bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.

- Scientific name: *Merops leschenaulti*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3740
- Wikidata: [Q31958](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31958)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2208](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2208)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
- de: Braunkopfspint
- es: Abejaruco Cabecirrufo
- fr: Guêpier de Leschenault
- nl: Bruinkopbijeneter
- pt: Abelharuco-de-cabeça-castanha
- pl: Żołna obrożna

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1454), TH (837), LK (363), MY (220), ID (159), VN (141), NP (126), KH (100), CN (39), BD (33), MM (26), LA (15)

## Summary

The chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti), or bay-headed bee-eater, is a bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds on the Indian subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka across Southeast Asia to Indonesia.
This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is predominantly green, with blue on the rump and lower belly. Its face and throat are yellow with a black eye stripe, and the crown and nape are rich chestnut. The thin curved bill is black. Sexes are alike, but young birds are duller. It is 18–20 cm long and lacks the two elongated…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-headed_bee-eater

## Photo

![Chestnut-headed Bee-eater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-headed-bee-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Tamargo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247801410

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chestnut-headed-bee-eater?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).