Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Hilary Fry, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 27, 2014
Text last updated October 27, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Синьоглав пчелояд |
| Catalan | abellerol capblau oriental |
| Czech | vlha safírová |
| Dutch | Blauwkopbijeneter |
| English | Blue-headed Bee-eater |
| English (United States) | Blue-headed Bee-eater |
| French | Guêpier à tête bleue |
| French (France) | Guêpier à tête bleue |
| German | Saphirspint |
| Japanese | ムラサキハチクイ |
| Norwegian | brunryggbieter |
| Polish | żołna szafirowa |
| Russian | Сапфировая щурка |
| Serbian | Plavoglava pčelarica |
| Slovak | včelárik modrohlavý |
| Spanish | Abejaruco Cabeciazul Oriental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco cabeciazul oriental |
| Swedish | blåhuvad biätare |
| Turkish | Mavi Başlı Arıkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка сапфірова |
Merops muelleri (Cassin, 1857)
PROTONYM:
Meropiscus Mülleri
Cassin, 1857. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9, p.37.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Muni River, Gaboon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- muelleri
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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-headed Bee-eater
