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 > Genus Merops

Merops persicus Pallas, 1773

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MeropsLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Зелен пчелояд sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: grøn biæder sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: groene bijeneter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: blue-cheeked bee-eater sources: Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.
 French: guêpier de Perse sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Blauwangenspint sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Πράσινος μελισσοφάγος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: mėlynskruostis bitininkas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: blåkinnbieter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: blåkinnbietar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: żołna modrolica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: зелёная; или персидская щурка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: zeleni čebelar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: abejaruco persa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: grön biätare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: yesil arikusu; yeşil arıkuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка зелена; Зелена щурка

Literature

basis of record

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

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Merops persicus Pallas, 1773. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212740

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Merops persicus Pallas, 1773. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3d6e9c3f-de62-47e1-b059-a759eda1b0c9

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212740
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:97084

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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