Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Merops viridissimus

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kleingroenbyvreter
Catalan: Abellerol maragda africà
Welsh: Gwenynysor gwyrdd Affrica
Danish: Sahelbiæder
German: Afrikasmaragdspint, Smaragdspint-viridissimus
English: African Green Bee-eater, African Green Bee-eater [viridissimus or flavoviridis], Little Green Bee-eater [viridissimus or flavoviridis]
Esperanto: Afrika verda abelmanĝulo
Spanish: Abejaruco esmeralda africano
French: Guêpier d'Orient (vert), Guêpier d'Orient [viridissimus or flavoviridis], Guêpier d'Orient [viridissimus ou flavoviridis], Guêpier vert, Guêpier vert [viridissimus ou flavoviridis]
Frisian: Afrikaanske griene bijefretter
Irish: Beachaire glas Afracach
Galician: Abellaruco verde africano
Hungarian: Smaragdgyurgyalag
Italian: Gruccione verde africano
Scientific: Merops orientalis [viridissimus or flavoviridis], Merops orientalis viridissimus, Merops viridis reichenowi, Merops viridissimus, Merops viridissimus [viridissimus or flavoviridis], Merops viridissimus viridissimus
Lithuanian: Afrikinis žaliasis bitininkas
Latvian: Afrikas zaļais bišķērājs
Dutch: Afrikaanse groene bijeneter
Polish: Żołna szmaragdowa
Portuguese: Abelharuco-verde-africano
Rhaeto-Romance: Maglia-avieuls smaragd african
Russian: Нитехвостая щурка
Slovak: včelárik savanový
Turkish: Afrika yeşil arıkuşu
Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка (мала) смарагдова