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Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus Scientific name definitions

Guy M. Kirwan, Hilary Fry, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 2.1 — Published October 25, 2022

Revision History

Birds of the World

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

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.

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.

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