Bed-jacket vs Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Merops hirundineus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Meropidae
Genus	Alectryon	Merops
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Merops hirundineus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.