White-fronted Bee-eater
Merops bullockoidesSmith, A, 1834
English (US) White-fronted Bee-eater
The White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meropidae (Bee-eaters) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: Gabon eastward to Kenya, southward to southern Angola, central South Africa, and southern MozambiqueRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Merops bullockoides
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- Described by
- Smith, A, 1834
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merops Bullockoides
- Described by
- Smith, A, 1834
- Type locality
- South Africa, restricted to the Marico district, Transvaal, by Grant and Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 57, 1937, p. 129.
- Original description
- South African Quarterly Journal vol.2, no.4, pt.1 p.320
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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