Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | abellerol capnegre |
| Czech | vlha černohlavá |
| Dutch | Zwartkopbijeneter |
| English | Black-headed Bee-eater |
| English (United States) | Black-headed Bee-eater |
| French | Guêpier à tête noire |
| French (France) | Guêpier à tête noire |
| German | Schwarzkopfspint |
| Icelandic | Vespusvelgur |
| Japanese | ズグロハチクイ |
| Norwegian | svarthodebieter |
| Polish | żołna czarnogłowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abelharuco-de-cabeça-preta |
| Russian | Черноголовая щурка |
| Serbian | Crnoglava pčelarica |
| Slovak | včelárik kapucňový |
| Spanish | Abejaruco Cabecinegro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco cabecinegro |
| Swedish | svarthuvad biätare |
| Turkish | Kara Başlı Arıkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка чорноголова |
Merops breweri (Cassin, 1859)
PROTONYM:
Meropogon Breweri
Cassin, 1859. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11, p.34.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ogobai River, Gaboon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- breweri
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Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri Scientific name definitions
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 16, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 16, 2016
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri
Authors
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri), 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.bhbeat1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 16, 2016
- Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri
Authors
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri). 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.
