European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (48)
- Monotypic
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Europese Byvreter |
Albanian | Gargulli |
Arabic | وروار أوروبي |
Armenian | Ոսկեգույն մեղվակեր |
Asturian | Abeyarucu europeu |
Azerbaijani | Qızılı qızlarquşu |
Basque | Erle-txoria |
Bulgarian | Обикновен пчелояд |
Catalan | Abellerol comú |
Chinese (SIM) | 黄喉蜂虎 |
Croatian | pčelarica |
Czech | vlha pestrá |
Danish | Biæder |
Dutch | Bijeneter |
English | European Bee-eater |
English (Kenya) | Eurasian Bee-eater |
English (United States) | European Bee-eater |
Faroese | Býflugubítur |
Finnish | mehiläissyöjä |
French | Guêpier d'Europe |
French (France) | Guêpier d'Europe |
Galician | Abellaruco europeo |
German | Bienenfresser |
Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Μελισσοφάγος |
Hebrew | שרקרק מצוי |
Hungarian | Gyurgyalag |
Icelandic | Býsvelgur |
Italian | Gruccione |
Japanese | ヨーロッパハチクイ |
Latvian | Bišu dzenis |
Lithuanian | Bitininkas |
Malayalam | യൂറോപ്യൻ വേലിത്തത്ത |
Mongolian | Шарга зөгийч |
Norwegian | bieter |
Persian | زنبورخوار معمولی |
Polish | żołna |
Portuguese (Angola) | Abelharuco-europeu |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Abelharuco |
Romanian | Prigorie |
Russian | Золотистая щурка |
Serbian | Pčelarica |
Slovak | včelárik zlatý |
Slovenian | Čebelar |
Spanish | Abejaruco Europeo |
Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco europeo |
Swedish | biätare |
Turkish | Arıkuşu |
Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка звичайна |
Revision Notes
Hans-Valentin Bastian and Anita Bastian revised the account. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media, Qwahn Kent managed the references, and Vicens Vila-Coury generated the range map.
Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Merops Apiaster
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.117.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Europa australi; Oriente.'
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- apiaster
- Apiaster
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)