Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | vlha modroprsá |
English | Blue-breasted Bee-eater |
English (United States) | Blue-breasted Bee-eater |
French | Guêpier à collier bleu |
French (France) | Guêpier à collier bleu |
German | Blaubrustspint |
Norwegian | blåbrystbieter |
Polish | żołna niebieskopierśna |
Portuguese (Angola) | Abelharuco-de-colar-azul |
Russian | Синегрудая щурка |
Serbian | Plavogruda pčelarica |
Slovak | včelárik modroprsý |
Spanish | Abejaruco Variegado |
Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco variegado |
Swedish | blåkragad biätare |
Turkish | Mavi Göğüslü Arıkuşu |
Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка синьовола |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised the account and standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Leo Gilman copy edited the account.
Merops variegatus Vieillot, 1817
Definitions
- MEROPS
- variegatum / variegatus
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Birds of the World
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Version 2.1
- Partial Revision
- October 25, 2022
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
Authors
Guy M. Kirwan, Hilary Fry, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Kirwan, G. M., H. Fry, and P. F. D. Boesman (2022). Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus), version 2.1. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bbbeat2.02.1
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised the account and standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Leo Gilman copy edited the account.
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Version 2.0
- Full Revision
- September 24, 2021
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
Authors
Guy M. Kirwan, Hilary Fry, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Kirwan, G. M., H. Fry, J. del Hoyo, N. Collar, and P. F. D. Boesman (2021). Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bbbeat2.02
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised and standardized the account's content with Clements taxonomy. Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
Authors
Hilary Fry, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Fry, H., J. del Hoyo, N. Collar, P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bbbeat2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 20, 2017
- Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
Authors
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2017). Ethiopian Bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Last Published Version
- October 27, 2014
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
Authors
Hilary Fry, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Fry, H., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2014). Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.