Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Merops [orientalis or cyanophrys] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Merops [viridissimus or cyanophrys] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Arabiese kleingroenbyvreter
Arabic: وروار أخضر صغير (عربي)
Belarusian: Аравійская шчурка
Bulgarian: Малък зелен пчелояд (ssp. cyanophrys/najdanus)
Catalan: Abellerol maragda d'Aràbia
Czech: vlha arabská, vlha indická (ssp. cyanophrys/najdanus)
Welsh: Gwenynysor gwyrdd Arabia
Danish: Arabisk biæder, Hijazbiæder, Lille Grøn Biæder, Arabisk (ssp. cyanophrys/najdanus)
German: Arabiensmaragdspint, Smaragdspint (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Greek: Νανομελισσοφάγος (cyanophrys/najdanus)
English: Arabian Green Bee-eater, Green Bee-eater (Arabian), Little Green Bee-eater [cyanophrys or muscatensis]
English, HBW: Arabian Green Bee-eater
English (IOC): Arabian Green Bee-eater, Green Bee-eater (Arabian)
English (United States): Green Bee-eater (Arabian)
Esperanto: Araba verda abelmanĝulo
Spanish: Abejaruco Esmeralda (cyanophrys/najdanus), Abejaruco esmeralda árabe
Spanish (Spain): Abejaruco Esmeralda (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Spanish (HBW): Green Bee-eater (Arabian)
Estonian: Araabia mesilasenäpp
Persian: زنبورخوار سبز, زنبورخوار سبز (cyanophrys/najdanus)
French: Guêpier à sourcils bleus, Guêpier d'Orient (d'Arabie), Guêpier d'Orient [cyanophrys or muscatensis], Guêpier d'Orient [cyanophrys ou muscatensis], Guêpier d'Orient [cyanophrys ou najdanus]
Frisian: Arabyske griene bijefretter
Irish: Beachaire glas Arabach
Galician: Abellaruco verde árabe
Hebrew: שרקרק גמדי (ערבי)
Croatian: arabijska pčelarica
Hungarian: Smaragdgyurgyalag (Arábiai)
Icelandic: Mýsvelgur (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Italian: Gruccione verde d’Arabia, Gruccione verde d'Arabia
Japanese (romaji): midorihachikui (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Japanese: ミドリハチクイ (cyanophrys/najdanus), ミドリハチクイ（cyanophrys／najdanus）
Scientific: Merops cyanophrys, Merops cyanophrys cyanophrys, Merops orientalis [cyanophrys or muscatensis], Merops orientalis cyanophrys, Merops orientalis cyanophrys/najdanus, Philothrus cyanophrys
Lithuanian: Arabinis žaliasis bitininkas, Rytinis bitininkas (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Latvian: Arābijas zaļais bišķērājs
Dutch: Arabische groene bijeneter, Arabische Kleine Groene Bijeneter, Kleine Groene Bijeneter (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Norwegian: beryllbieter (cyanophrys/najdanus), safirbieter
Polish: Żołna niebieskolica, żołna wschodnia (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Portuguese: Abelharuco-verde-árabe
Portuguese (Portugal): abelharuco-verde (cyanophrys/najdanus), abelharuco-verde-árabe
Rhaeto-Romance: Maglia-avieuls smaragd arab
Russian: Аравийская щурка, Изумрудная щурка (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Slovak: Včelárik arabský, včelárik arabský (skup.)
Slovenian: Smaragdni čebelar (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Serbian: Mala zelena pčelarica (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Swedish: arabisk biätare, grön dvärgbiätare (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Thai: นกจาบคาเล็ก (อาหรับ)
Turkish: Arap yeşil arıkuşu, Küçük Yeşil Arıkuşu (cyanophrys/najdanus)
Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка (мала) синьоброва
Chinese: 绿喉蜂虎 (cyanophrys/najdanus), 阿拉伯绿喉蜂虎