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Species status: full species

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Other related concepts

• Merops [apiaster x nubicus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аШЬхарҟәыҭ
Afrikaans: Europese Byvreter
Arabic: القارية, القارية الأوربية, الوروار الاوروبي, الوروار الشائع, خضيري  زياني، قارور, وروار أوروبي
Asturian: Abeyarucu europeu, Abeyeru
Azerbaijani: ala-bəzək qızlarquşu, qızılı arıqapan, Qızılı qızlarquşu
Bashkir: йәшелғош
Belarusian: Шчурка-пчалаедка
Bulgarian: Обикновен пчелояд
Bengali: িআিঈমযা঩ীয় ঳ুিআমচাযা
Bengali (transliteration): i'urōpīẏa su'icōrā
Breton: Ar gwespetaer-boutin, Gwespetaer boutin
Catalan: Abellerol, Abellerol comú
Catalan (Balears): Abellerol
Montenegrin: pčelarica, пчеларица
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): пчеларица
Czech: Vlha pestrá
Chuvash: пукане кайăк, сăпса çиен, сăпсаçиен, ылтăн щурка
Welsh: Gwybedog y gwenyn
Danish: Biæder
German: Bienenfresser, Europäischer Bienenfresser
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Μελισσοφάγος, Μελισσoφάγoς, Μελισσοφάγος
Greek (Cypriot): Μελισσοφάγος
English: Bee-eater, Eurasian Bee-eater, European Bee Eater, European Bee-eater, Golden Bee-eater
English, HBW: European Bee-eater
English (IOC): European Bee-eater
English (Kenya): Eurasian Bee-eater
English (United States): European Bee-eater
Esperanto: abelmanĝulo, Eŭropa abelmanĝulo, Ora abelmanĝulo
Spanish: Abejaruco, Abejaruco Comun, Abejaruco Común, Abejaruco Europeo
Spanish (Spain): Abejaruco Europeo
Spanish (HBW): Abejaruco europeo
Estonian: harilik mesilasenäpp, Mesilasenäpp
Basque: Abellerol, Erlatxori, Erlatxoria, Erle-txoria
Persian: زنبورخوار معمولی
Finnish: Mehiläissyöjä
Faroese: Býflugubítur
French: Guêpier d’Europe, Guêpier d'Europe
Friulian: uciel biel vert
Frisian: Bijefretter
Irish: Beachadóir Eorpach, Beachaire
Galician: Abellaruco, Abellaruco europeo, Abellerol
Manx: Ushag ny shellanyn
Hebrew: שרקרק, שרקרק מצוי
Croatian: Pcelarica, Pčelarica
Hungarian: Gyurgyalag
Armenian: [Voskeguyn Meghvaker ], Ոսկեգույն Մեղվակեր, Սոկեգույն Մեղվակեր
Icelandic: Býsvelgur
Italian: Gruccione, Gruccione (europeo), Gruccione comune, Gruccione europeo
Japanese (romaji): yoaroppahachikui, yōroppa hachi-kui, yo-roppahachikui
Japanese: ヨアロッパハチクイ, ヨーロッパハチクイ
Japanese (Kanji): ヨーロッパ蜂喰
Georgian: კვირიონი, ოქროსფერი კვირიონი
Kara-Kalpak: алтын реңли көгершин, ушын көгершин
Kabardian: бжьэшх, щу , щунэф
Kazakh: алтын түстес шорағай, алтын түсті боздақ, алтынрең аражегіш, сары боздақ, Сарыалқым аражегіш, сарыалқым арасақ, сарыбоздақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): sarı-alqım ara-jegiş
Karachay-Balkar: чибинчисюймез
North Karelian: mehiläisšyöjä
Cornish: Gwenynessor
Kirghiz: боздак, көк соору, көк суур, сары аарычыл
Scientific: Merops apiaster, Merops galilaeus, Merops schaeghaghi
Luxembourgish: Beiefrësser
Lithuanian: Bitininkas, europinis bitininkas
Latvian: Bišu dzenis
Macedonian: Пчеларка
Malayalam: യൂറോപ്യൻ വേലിത്തത്ത
Mongolian: хүрэн түрүүт зөгийч шувуухай, Шарга балч, Шарга зөгийч, Шаргал балч шувуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠰᠢᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠪᠠᠯᠴᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠰᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯ ᠪᠠᠯᠴᠢ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Зөгийч шувуухай
Mongolian (Transliteration): sharag balch, shargal balch shuvuu, zögiich shuvuukhai
Moldavian: Prigorie
Maltese: Qerd in-Nahal, Qerd in-Naħal
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): хүрэн түрүүт зөгийч шувуухай
Dutch: Bijeneter
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bietar
Norwegian: Bieter
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): pienitikku
Polish: Szczurek pszczołojad, zolna, żołna, żołna (zwyczajna), Zolna zielona, Żołna zielona, Żołna zwyczajna
Pinyin: huáng-hóu fēng-hǔ
Portuguese: Abelharuco, abelharuco comum, Abelharuco(-comum), Abelharuco-comum, Abelharuco-europeu
Portuguese (Portugal): Abelharuco, abelharuco-europeu
Romansh: maglia-avieuls, Magliavieuls
Rhaeto-Romance: Maglia-avieuls
Romanian: Prigorie
Russian: Zolotisatya Shchurka, Золотистая щурка, Щурка золотистая
Northern Sami: Uvloborri
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Europeeya Binguharaya
Slovak: Včelárik zlatý
Slovenian: cebelar, čebelar, legat cebelar
Shona: Gamanyuchi
Albanian: Bletë ngrënësi, Gargulli
Serbian: Pcelarica, Pčelarica, Пчеларица
Swedish: Biätare
Swahili: Kerem wa Ulaya, Polohoyo
Tajik: куркурикаррок
Turkmen: altynsow daraklyk
Tswana: Morôkapula
Turkish: Arikuşu, Arıkuşu, arykuşu, Сарыалқым аражегіш
Tsonga: Tinziwolana
Tatar: алтынсу корташар , корташар, корташарлар, корташары, сары корташар
Udmurt: горд юбер, кыкшык, муш быдтӥсь, мушбыдтӥсь, шурка, шыкшык
Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка , Бджолоїдка звичайна, Звичайна бджолоїдка, Золотиста бджолоїдка
Uzbek: кўкқунок, тилла ранг куркунак, тилларанг куркунак
Kalmyk: алтн балч, алтн җулҗуха, алтн җульҗуха, алтн сарҗа, алтн шарһлда
Chinese: 黄喉蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional): 黃喉蜂虎