Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

Your sightings

Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Olyfbyvreter
Arabic: القارية زرقاء الخدين, خضيري شياني، قارور
Azerbaijani: Yaşıl qızlarquşu
Belarusian: Аліўкавая шчурка
Bulgarian: Зелен пчелояд
Catalan: Abellerol de Madagascar, Abellerol gola-roig
Czech: Vlha zelená
Welsh: Gwenynysor aeliog
Danish: Grøn biæder, Madagaskarbiæder, Madagaskar-biæder
German: Blauwangenspint, Madagaskarspint
Greek: Πρασινομέροπας
English: Blue-cheeked Bee Eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Brown-breasted Bee-eater, Madagascar Bee eater, Madagascar Bee-eater, Malagassy Bee-eater, Olive Bee-eater
English, HBW: Olive Bee-eater
English (IOC): Olive Bee-eater
English (Kenya): Madagascar Bee-eater
English (United States): Madagascar Bee-eater
English (South Africa): Olive (Madagascar) Bee-eater
Esperanto: bluvanga abelmanĝulo, Madagaskara abelmanĝulo
Spanish: Abejaruco Bigotudo, Abejaruco Malgache, Abejaruco papirrijo, Abejaruco Papirrojo, Vencerjo cafre
Spanish (Spain): Abejaruco Malgache
Spanish (HBW): Madagascar Bee-eater
Estonian: Rohe-mesilasenäpp, ruskekurk-mesilasenäpp
Finnish: naamiomehiläissyöjä, Vihermehiläissyöjä
French: Guêpier de Madagascar, Guêpier de Perse, Guêpier malgache, Guêpier vert
Frisian: Madagaskarbijefretter
Irish: Beachaire olóige
Galician: Abellaruco de cara azul, Abellaruco malgaxe
Hebrew: שרקרק ירוק
Croatian: Crvenovrata pčelarica, Zelena pčelarica
Hungarian: Zöld gyurgyalag
Armenian: Կանաչ Մեղվակեր
Indonesian: Kirik-kirik laut
Icelandic: Flugnasvelgur
Italian: Gruccione dai sopraccigli chiari, Gruccione del Madagascar, Gruccione di Persia, Gruccione egiziano
Japanese (romaji): madagasukaruhachikui, rurihoohachikui
Japanese: マダガスカルハチクイ, ルリホオハチクィ, ルリホオハチクイ
Georgian: მწვანე კვირიონი
Kazakh: Жасыл аражегіш
Scientific: Merops donaldsoni, Merops ruficapillus, Merops superciliosus, Merops superciliosus donaldsoni, Merops superciliosus superciliosus
Lithuanian: Žaliasis (Madagaskarinis) bitininkas, žaliasis bitininkas
Latvian: Zilvaigu bišķērājs
Malagasy: Kirikioka, Kirioke, Kiriokirioke, taotaonkafo, Tsikiriokirioke
Maltese: Qerd in-Naħal Aħmar
Dutch: Blauwwangbijeneter, Blauwwang-bijeneter, Groene bijeneter, Kleine Groene Bijeneter, Madagascarbijeneter, Madagaskarbijeneter
Norwegian Nynorsk: Olivenbietar
Norwegian: Blåkinnbieter, Olivenbieter
Polish: Zimorodek, zolna zielona, żołna zielona
Portuguese: Abelharuco-de-faces-azuis, Abelharuco-de-garganta-vermelha, Abelharuco-malgaxe, Abelharuco-oliváceo
Portuguese (Portugal): abelharuco-malgaxe
Rhaeto-Romance: Maglia-avieuls dal Madagascar
Russian: Zelyonaya Shchurka, Большая зелёная щурка, Зеленая щурка, Зелёная щурка, Оливковая щурка
Northern Sami: Hápmauvloborri
Slovak: vcelárik zelený, včelárik zelený
Slovenian: Olivni čebelar, zeleni čebelar
Serbian: Crvenovrata pčelarica, Zelena pčelarica
Swedish: Grön biätare, olivgrön biätare
Swahili: Kerem Kiole, Kiole
Thai: นกจาบคาหัวเขียว
Turkish: Arıkuşu, Madagaskar arıkuşu, Yeşil Arıkuşu, yeşil arykuşu, Zeytuni Arıkuşu
Tatar: саргылт яшел корташар
Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка зелена , Бджолоїдка оливкова, Зелена бджолоїдка
Chinese: 栗喉蜂虎, 马岛蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional): 馬達加斯加橄綠蜂虎, 馬達加斯加藍尾蜂虎