Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Scientific name definitions
- Subspecies (9)
Hilary Fry, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 18, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 18, 2017
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Merops orientalis Latham, 1801
PROTONYM:
Merops orientalis
Latham, 1801. Suppl.ind.orn., p.xxxiii.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India = Mahratta, ex Gen. Syn., Suppl. 2, p. 152, no. 7.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- orientale / orientalis
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