The European Bee-Eater (Merops apiaster) is a small passerine bird in the Meropidae family of bee-eaters.
The European Bee-Eater has brown and yellow upper parts, green-grey wings, a yellow throat, and a bluish belly. It has a long, thin black mask around its orange-brown eyes, with a shiny blue line above its eye. It has a notched tail. Its beak is black. The male and female look similar, but the female tends to have greener feathers on the shoulders.
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The Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater (Merops philippinus) is a small Asian bird.
The Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater has a predominantly green slender body. Its face has a narrow blue patch with a black eye stripe. It has a yellow and brown throat. It beak and legs are grey-black. Its tail is blue with two elongated tail feathers.
The Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus) is an East African bird, and one of the smallest Bee-Eaters.
The Little Bee-Eater is bright green with a long, thin black mask around its dark eyes with a shiny blue line above the eye. It has a bright yellow throat and a chestnut belly. It has a green notched tail.
The White-Fronted Bee-Eater (Merops bullockoides) is an East African bird found in the highlands of southwest Kenya, northern Tanzania, Gabon, Botswana, and Natal.
The White-Fronted Bee-Eater has a white forehead, black eye mask, and a bright red lower throat. It has a brown chest, purple-blue rump, green wings and back, and a square green tail.