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black bee-eater (Merops gularis)
Description
Nyctiornis gularis
Date 1820-1863
Source/Photographer [Reichenbach], 3258-3259
Old Latin name Nyctiornis gularis
New Latin name Merops gularis
Common name Nederlands: Zwarte bijeneter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyctiornis_gularis_-_1820-1863_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16800295.tif
The black bee-eater (Merops gularis) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is native to tropical west and central Africa where it is found at the edges of the rainforest and in secondary woodland.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops gularis Shaw, 1798
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Scientific Name: Merops gularis Shaw, 1798
Common Names: Black Bee-eater
French: Guêpier noir German: Purpurspint Spanish: Abejaruco negro
Taxonomy: Merops gularis Shaw, 1798, Sierra Leone.