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Meropidae
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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FAMILY
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Published in
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<i>Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales</i>, <b>44</b>: 603
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Aves
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order
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Coraciiformes
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family
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Meropidae
Name
- Homonyms
- Meropidae
- Common names
- Bee-eaters in English
- bee eaters in English
- bijeneters in Flemish
- bee-eaters in English
- bietarfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
- bieterfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
- bijeneters in Flemish
- biätare in Swedish
Bibliographic References
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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)
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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)