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title: "Arabian Green Bee-eater"
description: "Merops cyanophrys — Vogels. The Arabian green bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/arabian-green-bee-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arabian Green Bee-eater

> Merops cyanophrys — Vogels. The Arabian green bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae.

- Scientific name: *Merops cyanophrys*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 1344
- Wikidata: [Q28861196](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28861196)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1430301](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1430301)

## Names

- en: Arabian Green Bee-eater
- de: Arabiensmaragdspint
- es: Abejaruco esmeralda árabe
- fr: Guêpier à sourcils bleus

## Countries with the most observations

AE (534), IL (320), OM (160), SA (140), JO (71), PS (48), YE (7), EG (3)

## Summary

The Arabian green bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It has a patchy distribution in the arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula from Saudi Arabia south to Yemen and east to Oman and the United Arab Emirates, and has expanded its range north to the southern Levant over the past few decades.

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

## Photo

![Arabian Green Bee-eater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arabian-green-bee-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182030202

## Machine access

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