Böhm's bee-eater
Species of bird
Böhm's bee-eater | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Meropidae |
Genus: | Merops |
Species: | M. boehmi |
Binomial name | |
Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 | |
Synonyms | |
Aerops boehmi |
Böhm's bee-eater (Merops boehmi) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm.[2]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merops boehmi.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Merops boehmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683728A92997884. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683728A92997884.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 58.
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Bee-eaters (family: Meropidae)
Species
- Little bee-eater
- Blue-cheeked bee-eater
- Asian green bee-eater
- African green bee-eater
- Arabian green bee-eater
- White-throated bee-eater
- Swallow-tailed bee-eater
- Blue-tailed bee-eater
- Black bee-eater
- Blue-headed bee-eater
- Blue-moustached bee-eater
- Rufous-crowned bee-eater
- Red-throated bee-eater
- White-fronted bee-eater
- Blue-breasted bee-eater
- Ethiopian bee-eater
- Cinnamon-chested bee-eater
- Black-headed bee-eater
- Somali bee-eater
- Böhm's bee-eater
- Blue-throated bee-eater
- Olive bee-eater
- Rainbow bee-eater
- European bee-eater
- Chestnut-headed bee-eater
- Rosy bee-eater
- Northern carmine bee-eater
- Southern carmine bee-eater
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