Purple-bearded Bee-eater Meropogon forsteni Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 25, 2015
Text last updated July 25, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Лилав пчелояд |
| Catalan | abellerol de Sulawesi |
| Czech | vlha celebeská |
| Dutch | Sulawesibijeneter |
| English | Purple-bearded Bee-eater |
| English (United States) | Purple-bearded Bee-eater |
| French | Guêpier des Célèbes |
| French (France) | Guêpier des Célèbes |
| German | Celebesspint |
| Indonesian | Cirik-cirik sulawesi |
| Japanese | セレベスハチクイ |
| Norwegian | purpurbieter |
| Polish | żołna purpurowogłowa |
| Russian | Бородатая щурка |
| Serbian | Ljubičastobrada pčelarica |
| Slovak | včelárik bradatý |
| Spanish | Abejaruco de Célebes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco de Célebes |
| Swedish | sulawesibiätare |
| Turkish | Selebes Arıkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка сулавеська |
Meropogon forsteni Bonaparte, 1850
PROTONYM:
Meropogon forsteni
Bonaparte, 1850. Conspectus generum avium 1, p.164.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tondano, n. Celebes.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPOGON
- forsteni / forstenii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Purple-bearded Bee-eater
