Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | abellerol de Somàlia |
| Czech | vlha somálská |
| Dutch | Somalische Bijeneter |
| English | Somali Bee-eater |
| English (United States) | Somali Bee-eater |
| French | Guêpier de Révoil |
| French (France) | Guêpier de Révoil |
| German | Somalispint |
| Japanese | ソマリーハチクイ |
| Norwegian | somalibieter |
| Polish | żołna blada |
| Russian | Сомалийская щурка |
| Serbian | Somalijska pčelarica |
| Slovak | včelárik bledý |
| Spanish | Abejaruco Somalí |
| Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco somalí |
| Swedish | somaliabiätare |
| Turkish | Somali Arıkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка сомалійська |
Merops revoilii Oustalet, 1882
PROTONYM:
Merops Revoilii
Oustalet, 1882. Faune et Flore des Pays Çomalis (Afrique Orientale), p.5 pl.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Somaliland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- revoili / revoilii
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
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii Scientific name definitions
Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 12, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 12, 2016
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
Authors
Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Somali Bee-eater (Merops revoilii), 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.sobeat1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 12, 2016
- Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii
Authors
Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and P. F. D. Boesman (2016). Somali Bee-eater (Merops revoilii). 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.
