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title: "Rainbow Bee-eater"
description: "Merops ornatus — Uccelli. The rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) is a bird species in the bee-eater family Meropidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rainbow-bee-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rainbow Bee-eater

> Merops ornatus — Uccelli. The rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) is a bird species in the bee-eater family Meropidae.

- Scientific name: *Merops ornatus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 10950
- Wikidata: [Q833979](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833979)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2238](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2238)

## Names

- en: Rainbow Bee-eater
- de: Regenbogenspint
- es: Abejaruco australiano
- fr: Guêpier arc-en-ciel
- nl: Regenboogbijeneter
- pl: Żołna tęczowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (10334), ID (177), TL (131), PG (37), MY (5)

## Summary

The rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) is a bird species in the bee-eater family Meropidae.

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

## Photo

![Rainbow Bee-eater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rainbow-bee-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Barb · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187606695

## Machine access

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