Merops Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
GENUS: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Aves: order
Coraciiformes: family
Meropidae: genus
Merops

Name

Synonyms: Aerops Reichenbach, 1851; Bombylonax Heine, 1860; Dicrocercus Cabanis & Heine, 1860; Melitophagus Des Murs, 1853; Melittophagus Boie, 1828
Homonyms: Merops Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Abejarucos in Spanish; Abelharucos in Portuguese; Amaibaai in language.; Arı kuşu in Turkish; Bee-eaters in English; Bienenfresser in German; Biædere in Danish; Bišu dzeņi in Latvian; Echte Bienenfresser in German; Guêpiers in French; Qızlarquş in Azerbaijani; Tikrieji bitininkai in Lithuanian; Typical Bee-eaters in English; Typiske bietere in Norwegian Bokmål; bee-eater in English; mehiläissyöjät in Finnish; mehiläissyöjät in Finnish; včelárik in Slovak; Μέροπας in Greek, Modern (1453-); Бджолоїдка in Ukrainian; Пчелояди in Bulgarian; Щурка in Ukrainian; Щурки in Russian; Щухэр in language.; куьдкуьруьд in language.; куьдкуьруьтІ in language.; שרקרק in Hebrew; زنبورخوار in Persian; وروار in Arabic; นกจาบคาสามัญ in Thai; კვირიონი in Georgian; ハチクイ属 in Japanese; 蜂虎屬 in Chinese; bee-eater in English

Bibliographic References

CoL 2006
Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 4 Addition to the Official Lists and Official Indexes of certain scientific names and of the titles of certain books dealt with in Opinions 134 ? 160, exclusive of Opinion 149.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2(53), 629-652 (1954)
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online.
SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
web search (AJR)