Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Coraciimorphae > Order Coraciiformes > Suborder Meropi > Superfamily Meropoidea > Family Meropidae

Merops Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
Merops persicus Pallas, 1773

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: bee-eater

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Merops Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206781

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Merops Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/844198d2-d9ce-4402-8523-755c10729e67

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206781
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:97083

Last modified

2006-09-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Olga Martinez

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