Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Merops leschenaultiVieillot, LJP, 1817
English (US) Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) 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.
- Scientific name
- Merops leschenaulti
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1817
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti
- Merops leschenaulti quinticolor
- Merops leschenaulti andamanensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Merops Leschenaulti
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1817
- Type locality
- Java, error = Ceylon.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 14 p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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