Family: Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Authority: Pallas, 1773

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range and the population size is very large, hence does not approach threatened thresholds for the range or population size criteria. The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion. For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population size: 150000-400000 mature individuals

Population trend: increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 31,100,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine
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