Merops [superciliosus or persicus] (Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater)

Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops [superciliosus or persicus] (= Merops superciliosus) Linnaeus, C 1766

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Classification

Order:
  Coraciiformes
Family:
  Meropidae
Genus:
   Merops
Scientific:
  Merops superciliosus

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1766

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Merops superciliosus

Type locality:
Madagascar.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/187/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D646439DE5A08C1A

Avibase ID:
avibase-D646439D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D646439D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554658

Geographic range:

Merops persicus persicus: Egypt to Lake Balkhash and Hindu Kush; winters to southern Africa
Merops persicus chrysocercus: northwestern Africa (south of Atlas Mountains); Senegambia to Lake Chad
Merops superciliosus superciliosus: East Africa, Comoros, and Madagascar
Merops superciliosus alternans: arid littoral of western Angola and northwestern Namibia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
French:
Guêpier de Madagascar ou G. de Perse

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops [superciliosus or persicus])
Clements 1st edition: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops superciliosus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops superciliosus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater ( Merops superciliosus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Merops [superciliosus or philippinus]

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Afrikaans: Olyfbyvreter
Arabic: القارية زرقاء الخدين, خضيري شياني، قارور
Azerbaijani: Yaşıl qızlarquşu
Bulgarian: Зелен пчелояд
Catalan: Abellerol gola-roig
Czech: Vlha zelená
Danish: Grøn biæder
German: Blauwangenspint
Greek: Πρασινομέροπας
English: Blue-cheeked Bee Eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Madagascar Bee-eater, Olive Bee-eater, Olive or Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Esperanto: bluvanga abelmanĝulo
Spanish: Abejaruco Malgache, Abejaruco Persa, Vencerjo cafre
Estonian: rohe-mesilasenäpp
Finnish: Vihermehiläissyöjä
French: Guêpier de Madagascar, Guêpier de Madagascar ou G. de Perse
Galician: Abellaruco de cara azul
Hebrew: שרקרק ירוק
Hungarian: Zöld gyurgyalag
Armenian: Կանաչ Մեղվակեր
Indonesian: Kirik-kirik laut
Icelandic: Flugnasvelgur
Italian: Gruccione di Persia, Gruccione egiziano
Japanese (romaji): rurihoohachikui
Japanese: ルリホオハチクイ
Georgian: მწვანე კვირიონი
Kazakh: Жасыл аражегіш
Scientific: Merops [superciliosus or persicus], Merops superciliosus, Merops superciliosus superciliosus
Lithuanian: Žaliasis (Madagaskarinis) bitininkas
Malagasy: Kirikioka, Kirioke, Kiriokirioke, taotaonkafo, Tsikiriokirioke
Maltese: Qerd in-Naħal Aħmar
Dutch: Blauwwangbijeneter, Groene Bijeneter
Norwegian: Blåkinnbieter, Olivenbieter
Polish: Zimorodek, zolna zielona, Żołna zielona
Portuguese: Abelharuco-de-garganta-vermelha, Abelharuco-malgaxe
Russian: Zelyonaya Shchurka, Большая зелёная щурка, Зеленая щурка, Зелёная щурка
Slovak: vcelárik zelený
Slovenian: zeleni čebelar
Swedish: Grön biätare
Swahili: Kerem Kiole, Kiole
Thai: นกจาบคาหัวเขียว
Turkish: Arıkuşu, Yeşil Arıkuşu, yeşil arykuşu
Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка зелена , Зелена бджолоїдка
Chinese: 栗喉蜂虎, 马岛蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional): 馬達加斯加藍尾蜂虎