Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Merops oreobates(Sharpe, RB, 1892)
English (US) Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
The Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates) 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: highland forest of eastern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Merops oreobates
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Melittophagus oreobates
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1892)
- Type locality
- Save' [i.e. Sabei], 6000 feet, and Kimangishi, Mt. Elgon, East Africa.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.4, no.14 p.320
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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