Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (48)
- Subspecies (2)
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 23, 2016
Text last updated March 23, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Blouwangbyvreter |
| Albanian | Gargulli i gjelbër |
| Arabic | وروار أزرق الخد |
| Armenian | Կանաչ մեղվակեր |
| Asturian | Abeyarucu persa |
| Azerbaijani | Yaşıl qızlarquşu |
| Basque | Erle-txori papargorria |
| Bulgarian | Голям зелен пчелояд |
| Catalan | abellerol de Pèrsia |
| Chinese | 藍頰蜂虎 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 蓝颊蜂虎 |
| Croatian | plavolica pčelarica |
| Czech | vlha modrolící |
| Danish | Grøn Biæder |
| Dutch | Grote Groene Bijeneter |
| English | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
| English (United States) | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
| Faroese | Grønur býflugubítur |
| Finnish | vihermehiläissyöjä |
| French | Guêpier de Perse |
| French (France) | Guêpier de Perse |
| Galician | Abellaruco persa |
| German | Blauwangenspint |
| Greek | Πράσινος Μελισσοφάγος |
| Hebrew | שרקרק ירוק |
| Hungarian | Zöld gyurgyalag |
| Icelandic | Flugnasvelgur |
| Italian | Gruccione egiziano |
| Japanese | ルリホオハチクイ |
| Lithuanian | Mėlynskruostis bitininkas |
| Malayalam | നീലക്കവിളൻ വേലിത്തത്ത |
| Mongolian | Цэнхэр шанаат зөгийч |
| Norwegian | blåkinnbieter |
| Persian | زنبورخوار گلوخرمایی |
| Polish | żołna modrolica |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abelharuco-persa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abelharuco-de-faces-azuis |
| Romanian | Prigorie cu obraz albastru |
| Russian | Зелёная щурка |
| Serbian | Velika zelena pčelarica |
| Slovak | včelárik modrolíci |
| Slovenian | Zeleni čebelar |
| Spanish | Abejaruco Persa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco persa |
| Swedish | grön biätare |
| Turkish | Yeşil Arıkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка зелена |
| Zulu | indlanyosi |
Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
PROTONYM:
Merops persica
Pallas, 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 2, p.708.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shores of the Caspian Sea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- persicus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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-cheeked Bee-eater
