Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Merops nubicusGmelin, JF, 1788
English (US) Northern Carmine Bee-eater
The Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus) 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: savanna and grassland of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Merops nubicus
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1788
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1788
- Type locality
- Nubia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.464
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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