Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 28, 2014
Text last updated December 28, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Червеногръб пчелояд |
| Catalan | abellerol capblau occidental |
| Czech | vlha modrohlavá |
| Dutch | Blauwsnorbijeneter |
| English | Blue-moustached Bee-eater |
| English (United States) | Blue-moustached Bee-eater |
| French | Guêpier à moustaches |
| French (France) | Guêpier à moustaches |
| German | Türkisbartspint |
| Japanese | アオヒゲハチクイ |
| Norwegian | lazulibieter |
| Polish | żółna maskowa |
| Russian | Синеусая щурка |
| Serbian | Plavobrka pčelarica |
| Slovak | včelárik zafírový |
| Spanish | Abejaruco Cabeciazul Occidental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco cabeciazul occidental |
| Swedish | mustaschbiätare |
| Turkish | Çivit Rengi Arıkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка кобальтогруда |
Merops mentalis Cabanis, 1889
PROTONYM:
Merops mentalis
Cabanis, 1889. Journal für Ornithologie 37, p.78.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cameroon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- mentale / mentalis
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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 Blue-moustached Bee-eater
