---
title: "Madagaskarbijeneter"
description: "Merops superciliosus — Vogels. The olive bee-eater or Madagascar bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) is a bee-eater species in the genus Merops."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/olive-bee-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Madagaskarbijeneter

> Merops superciliosus — Vogels. The olive bee-eater or Madagascar bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) is a bee-eater species in the genus Merops.

- Scientific name: *Merops superciliosus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 985
- Wikidata: [Q738736](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738736)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2226](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2226)

## Names

- en: Olive Bee-eater
- de: Madagaskarspint
- es: Abejaruco Malgache
- fr: Guêpier de Madagascar
- nl: Madagaskarbijeneter
- pt: Abelharuco-de-faces-azuis
- pl: Żołna zielona

## Countries with the most observations

MG (549), UG (71), KE (59), MZ (48), YT (47), TZ (33), MW (26), NA (26), AO (25), KM (15), ET (10), SO (4)

## Summary

The olive bee-eater or Madagascar bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) is a bee-eater species in the genus Merops. It is native to the southern half of Africa where it is present in Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe. It is a common species with a wide range so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated their conservation status as "least concern".

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

## Photo

![Madagaskarbijeneter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/olive-bee-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61673922

## Machine access

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