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title: "Groene bijeneter"
description: "Merops persicus — Vogels. The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in Northern Africa and the Middle East from eastern Turkey to Kazakhstan and India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-cheeked-bee-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Groene bijeneter

> Merops persicus — Vogels. The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in Northern Africa and the Middle East from eastern Turkey to Kazakhstan and India.

- Scientific name: *Merops persicus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3593
- Wikidata: [Q1951359](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1951359)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2245](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2245)

## Names

- en: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- de: Blauwangenspint
- es: Abejaruco Persa
- fr: Guêpier de Perse
- nl: Groene bijeneter
- pt: Abelharuco-pérsico
- pl: Żołna modrolica

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (665), RU (474), IN (293), GM (181), TZ (172), SN (103), BW (98), AE (96), UZ (94), UG (93), MA (83), EG (75)

## Summary

The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in Northern Africa and the Middle East from eastern Turkey to Kazakhstan and India. It is generally strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, although some populations are resident year-round in the Sahel.  This species occurs as a rare vagrant north of its breeding range, with most vagrants occurring in Italy and Greece.

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

## Photo

![Groene bijeneter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-cheeked-bee-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346107119

## Machine access

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