Blue-throated Bee-eater
Merops viridisLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Blue-throated Bee-eater
The Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) 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: southern China, Thailand, and Indochina to Sumatra, Borneo, and JavaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Merops viridis
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-throated Bee-eater
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Java, Bengal; restricted type locality, Java, from the 1st reference; Hartert antea, p. 863, note.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.117
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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