Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Afrikaans | Blouwangbyvreter |
Albanian | Gargulli i gjelbër |
Arabic | وروار أزرق الخد |
Armenian | Կանաչ մեղվակեր |
Asturian | Abeyarucu persa |
Azerbaijani | Yaşıl qızlarquşu |
Basque | Erle-txori papargorria |
Bulgarian | Зелен пчелояд |
Catalan | abellerol de Pèrsia |
Chinese | 藍頰蜂虎 |
Chinese (SIM) | 蓝颊蜂虎 |
Croatian | plavolica pčelarica |
Czech | vlha modrolící |
Danish | Grøn Biæder |
Dutch | Groene Bijeneter |
English | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
English (United States) | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
Faroese | Grønur býflugubítur |
Finnish | vihermehiläissyöjä |
French | Guêpier de Perse |
French (France) | Guêpier de Perse |
Galician | Abellaruco persa |
German | Blauwangenspint |
Greek | Πράσινος Μελισσοφάγος |
Hebrew | שרקרק ירוק |
Hungarian | Zöld gyurgyalag |
Icelandic | Flugnasvelgur |
Italian | Gruccione egiziano |
Japanese | ルリホオハチクイ |
Lithuanian | Mėlynskruostis bitininkas |
Malayalam | നീലക്കവിളൻ വേലിത്തത്ത |
Mongolian | Цэнхэр шанаат зөгийч |
Norwegian | blåkinnbieter |
Persian | زنبورخوار گلوخرمایی |
Polish | żołna modrolica |
Portuguese (Angola) | Abelharuco-persa |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Abelharuco-de-faces-azuis |
Romanian | Prigorie cu obraz albastru |
Russian | Зелёная щурка |
Serbian | Velika zelena pčelarica |
Slovak | včelárik modrolíci |
Slovenian | Zeleni čebelar |
Spanish | Abejaruco Persa |
Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco persa |
Swedish | grön biätare |
Turkish | Yeşil Arıkuşu |
Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка зелена |
Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
PROTONYM:
Merops persica
Pallas, 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 2, p.708.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shores of the Caspian Sea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- persicus
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Scientific name definitions
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 23, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 23, 2016
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
Authors
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bcbeat1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 23, 2016
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
Authors
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus). 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.