Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Swaelstertbyvreter |
Czech | vlha vlaštovčí |
Dutch | Zwaluwstaartbijeneter |
English | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater |
English (United States) | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater |
French | Guêpier à queue d'aronde |
French (France) | Guêpier à queue d'aronde |
German | Schwalbenschwanzspint |
Icelandic | Svölusvelgur |
Japanese | エンビハチクイ |
Norwegian | svalebieter |
Polish | żołna widłosterna |
Portuguese (Angola) | Abelharuco-andorinha |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Abelharuco-andorinha |
Russian | Ласточкохвостая щурка |
Serbian | Lastorepa pčelarica |
Slovak | včelárik lastovičí |
Spanish | Abejaruco Golondrina |
Spanish (Spain) | Abejaruco golondrina |
Swedish | svalstjärtad biätare |
Turkish | Kırlangıç Kuyruklu Arıkuşu |
Ukrainian | Бджолоїдка вилохвоста |
Merops hirundineus Lichtenstein, 1793
PROTONYM:
Merops hirundineus
Lichtenstein, 1793. Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimarum (etc.). Sectio prima, p.21 no.213.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality = Orange River, South Africa, ex Levaillant.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEROPS
- hirundinea / hirundineus
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Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus Scientific name definitions
Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Authors
Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus), 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.stbeat1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 8, 2013
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Authors
Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Fry, H. and P. F. D. Boesman (2013). Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus). 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.