Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - CORACIIFORMES |
| African Green Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops viridissimus | AF | Senegal to Egypt, Ethiopia and e Sudan | |
| Arabian Green Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops cyanophrys | PAL | s Israel and Arabian Pen. | |
| Asian Green Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops orientalis | PAL, OR | s Iran and s Asia to sc China and se Asia | |
| Black Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops gularis | AF | c, w | |
| Black-headed Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops breweri | AF | Ivory Coast, Ghana, s Nigeria and n Central African Republic, Gabon to w South Sudan, c DR Congo and nw Angola | |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops variegatus | AF | se Nigeria to Angola and e Africa | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops persicus | PAL | sw, nw AF | AF |
| Blue-headed Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops muelleri | AF | s Cameroon to w Kenya | |
| Blue-moustached Bee-eater (NT) i U | Meropidae | Merops mentalis | AF | Sierra Leone to w Cameroon and Bioko I. | |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops philippinus | OR, AU | India and Sri Lanka to s China, se Asia, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lombok to Timor (Lesser Sundas), coastal ne, s, se New Guinea and New Britain group (se Bismarck Arch.) | to Thai-Malay Pen., Greater Sundas and Timor |
| Blue-throated Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops viridis | OR | s China to Sumatra, Nias (w of n Sumatra), Riau Is. (e of c Sumatra), Bangka and Belitung (e of s Sumatra), Java, n Natuna Is. (nw of Borneo) and Borneo | |
| Boehm's Bee-eater i U | Meropidae | Merops boehmi | AF | w Tanzania to Zambia, e Tanzania to c Mozambique | |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops leschenaulti | OR | Himalayas from nw India and sw India and Sri Lanka to Andaman Is., s China, Vietnam, and n Malay Pen.; disjunctly Java and Bali | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops oreobates | AF | s South Sudan to ne Tanzania, w Uganda and e DR Congo to nw Tanzania | |
| Ethiopian Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops lafresnayii | AF | Eritrea, Ethiopia and e South Sudan | |
| European Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops apiaster | PAL, AF | nw Africa, sw Europe to c Asia; South Africa | w, s, c AF |
| Little Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops pusillus | AF | widespread | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops nubicus | AF | Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia | |
| Olive Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops superciliosus | AF | Ethiopia to Namibia and Madagascar | |
| Rainbow Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops ornatus | AU | Australia (except Tasmania) | s population to Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea region and Bismarck Arch., including outlying atolls |
| Red-throated Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops bulocki | AF | ec, c, w | |
| Rosy Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops malimbicus | AF | s Nigeria; Gabon to c DR Congo | |
| Rufous-crowned Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops americanus | OR | Philippines (except Sulu Arch.) | |
| Somali Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops revoilii | AF | e Ethiopia and Somalia to e Kenya | |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops nubicoides | AF | Angola to w Tanzania, s to Namibia, Botswana and n South Africa | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops hirundineus | AF | widespread | |
| White-fronted Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops bullockoides | AF | Gabon to Kenya, s to s Angola, c South Africa and s Mozambique | |
| White-throated Bee-eater i | Meropidae | Merops albicollis | AF | Mauritania and Senegal to e Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen and Somalia | Senegal to Kenya and Gabon |
75% 21 species of 28 (0 extinct).
