Ethiopian Bee-eater
Merops lafresnayiiGuérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843
English (US) Ethiopian Bee-eater
The Ethiopian Bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii) 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: Ethiopia to Sudan (Boma Hills)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Merops lafresnayii
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ethiopian Bee-eater
- Described by
- Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merops Lafresnayii
- Described by
- Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843
- Type locality
- Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 6 p.322
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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