Little Bee-eater
Merops pusillusMüller, PLS, 1776
English (US) Little Bee-eater
The Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) 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 pusillus
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Bee-eater
- Described by
- Müller, PLS, 1776
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Merops pusillus pusillus
- Merops pusillus ocularis
- Merops pusillus cyanostictus
- Merops pusillus meridionalis
- Merops pusillus argutus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Müller, PLS, 1776
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.95
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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