Blue-headed Bee-eater
Merops muelleri(Cassin, J, 1857)
English (US) Blue-headed Bee-eater
The Blue-headed Bee-eater (Merops muelleri) 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: Cameroon to Democratic Republic of the Congo and KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Merops muelleri
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-headed Bee-eater
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Meropiscus Mülleri
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1857)
- Type locality
- Muni River, Gaboon.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9 p.37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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