Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
Rank: SpeciesTaxon Status: accepted
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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 щуркаLiterature
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CitationWoRMS (2025). Merops persicus Pallas, 1773. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212740Drs. 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 Image![]() Occurrence Present Absent Doubtful Native Introduced Naturalised Invasive Managed No data |
Environment![]() ![]() ![]() not marine, not brackish, terrestrial Importanceno dataProvided by![]() ![]() GUIDurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212740 urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:97084 Last modified2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter AdriaensYour feedbackclick here |
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Bulgarian: Зелен пчелояд
Danish: grøn biæder
Dutch: groene bijeneter
English: blue-cheeked bee-eater
French: guêpier de Perse
German: Blauwangenspint
Greek: Πράσινος μελισσοφάγος
Lithuanian: mėlynskruostis bitininkas
Norwegian Bokmål: blåkinnbieter
Polish: żołna modrolica
Russian: зелёная; или персидская щурка
Slovenian: zeleni čebelar
Spanish, Castillian: abejaruco persa
Swedish: grön biätare
Turkish: yesil arikusu; yeşil arıkuşu
Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка зелена; Зелена щурка








