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Ethiopian Bee-eater

Merops lafresnayii Guérin-Méneville, FÉ 1843

The blue-breasted bee-eater is a central African species of bird. It is a member of the family Meropidae. Meropids are all visually similar and have a diet specialized in Hymenopterans. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Coraciiformes
Family:
  Meropidae
Genus:
   Merops
Scientific:
  Merops lafresnayii


Original description

Citation:
  Guérin-Méneville, FÉ 1843

Reference:
   Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne 6 p.322

Protonym:
  Merops Lafresnayii

Type locality:
  Ethiopia.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271414


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D0C68FE083FBDAC0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D0C68FE0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D0C68FE0


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 693090

Geographic range:

  • Merops lafresnayii: Ethiopia to Sudan (Boma Hills)
English:
Ethiopian Bee-eater
Catalan:
Abellerol d'Etiòpia
Czech:
vlha etiopská
Danish:
Etiopisk Biæder
German:
Hochlandspint
Spanish:
Abejaruco etíope
Finnish:
ylänkömehiläissyöjä
French:
Guêpier de Lafresnaye
Croatian:
etiopska pčelarica
Italian:
Gruccione pettocannella
Dutch:
Ethiopische Bijeneter
Norwegian:
blåpannebieter
Polish:
żołna niebieskoczelna
Portuguese:
abelharuco-etíope
Portuguese (Portugal):
abelharuco-etíope
Slovak:
včelárik etiópsky
Swedish:
etiopisk biätare
Ukrainian:
бджолоїдка ефіопська
Chinese:
埃塞俄比亚蜂虎


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Guêpier de Lafresnaye ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements, version 2022:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements, version 2015:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements, version 2016:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements, version 2017:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements, version 2018:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Clements, version 2019:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Ethiopian) ( Merops variegatus lafresnayii) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Ethiopian) ( Merops variegatus lafresnayii) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Merops lafresnayii lafresnayii [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Merops lafresnayii lafresnayii [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Melittophagus lafresnayii lafresnayii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Melittophagus lafresnayii lafresnayii [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Ethiopian Bee-eater ( Merops lafresnayii) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Merops variegatus lafresnayii [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Abellerol d'Etiòpia
Czech: vlha etiopská
Danish: Etiopisk Biæder
German: Blaubrustspint (lafresnayii), Hochlandspint
English: Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Ethiopian), Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Ethiopian Bee-eater
English, HBW: Ethiopian Bee-eater
English (IOC): Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Ethiopian), Ethiopian Bee-eater
English (United States): Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Ethiopian)
Spanish: Abejaruco etíope, Abejaruco Variegado (etíope)
Spanish (Spain): Abejaruco variegado (etíope)
Finnish: ylänkömehiläissyöjä
French: Guêpier à collier bleu (de Lafresnaye), Guêpier de Lafresnaye
Croatian: etiopska pčelarica
Italian: Gruccione pettocannella
Japanese: ルリムネハチクイ(lafresnayii)
Scientific: Melittophagus lafresnayii, Melittophagus lafresnayii lafresnayii, Merops lafresnayii, Merops lafresnayii lafresnayii, Merops variegatus lafresnayii
Dutch: Ethiopische Bijeneter
Norwegian: blåbrystbieter (lafresnayii), blåpannebieter
Polish: zolna niebieskoczelna, żołna niebieskoczelna, żołna niebieskopierśna (lafresnayii)
Portuguese: abelharuco-etíope
Portuguese (Portugal): abelharuco-de-peito-azul (lafresnayii), abelharuco-etíope
Russian: Синегрудая щурка (lafresnayii)
Slovak: včelárik etiópsky, včelárik etiópsky (skup.)
Swedish: blåkragad biätare (lafresnayii), etiopisk biätare
Turkish: Mavi göğüslü arıkuşu (lafresnayii)
Tatar: Хәбәшстан корташары
Ukrainian: бджолоїдка ефіопська
Chinese: 埃塞俄比亚蜂虎

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