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Meropidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Analyse Nature</i>: 66

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Coraciiformes
family
Meropidae

Name

Homonyms
Meropidae
Common names
Bee-eaters in English
Bee-eaters in English
Bee-eaters in English
Biædere in Danish
bee eaters in English
bee-eaters in English
bijeneters in Dutch
mehiläissyöjät in Finnish
bietarfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
bieterfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
biätare in Swedish
Bee-eaters in English
bee-eaters in English
bietarfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
bieterfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
bijeneters in Dutch
biätare in Swedish
ob. biätare in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 115 Meropidae (Aves): attributed to Rafinesque, 1815 (correction to entry No 1 in the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 41(1), 41-42 (1984)
  5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 6 Addition to the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology of the names Meropidae (class Aves) and Meropeidae and Tingidae (class Insecta).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2(55), 665-684 (1954)
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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