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

Your sightings

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