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 apiaster Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Merops*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: babili; babilja; bletorja e verdhë; bregca; brojca; griklla; peligorga; zarigoga sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Пчелояд sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: biæder sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: bijeneter sources: Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.

English: bee-eater; European bee-eater sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: guêpier d'Europe sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Bienenfresser sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός Μελισσοφάγος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: שרקרק מצוי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: bitininkas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: bieter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: bietar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: żołna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: prigorie sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: золотистая щурка; или пчелоедка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: čebelar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: abejaruco común; abejaruco europeo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: biätare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: arikusu; arıkuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка; бджолоїдка звичайна sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwybedog y gwenyn

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	Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.