Meropidae

family of birds

Taxon Taxon Q183147

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: taxon
Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature^[4]
Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[5]^[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[9]
Parent taxon: Coraciiformes^[2]
Taxon common name: bieterfamilien, legati^[7]^[8]
Taxon name: Meropidae^[3]
Taxon rank: family^[1]

🏷️ Also known as

en Meropidae en bee-eaters en bee-eater ar الوروارية ar وروارية ar آكل النحل cs vlhovití da Meropidae da Biædere de Bienenfresser de Meropidae el Μελισσοφάγος es Merópidos es Abejaruco es Meropidos fa زنبورخوار fa زنبورخواران fa زنبورخواریان fa زنبورخور fi mehiläissyöjät

🔖 Identifiers · 50

Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85012796
GND ID: 4201754-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Bee-eater (47966648072).jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID: Meropidae
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID: scot/12733
Australian Faunal Directory ID: Meropidae
BBC Things ID: 08644aaf-94d8-4b05-bec4-d2a240a5f8e2
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 52570
BVPB authority ID: 105155
Belgian Species List ID: 58147
Biblissima authority ID: AICES
Catalogue of Life ID: CLY

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Dyntaxa ID: 2002097
EPPO Code: 1MERPF
Elhuyar ZTH ID: 028070
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 7605
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/bee-eater
Fandom article ID: animals:Meropidae
Fauna Europaea ID: 10827
Fauna Europaea New ID: c164363d-bcd7-437b-add0-874aee163460
Fossilworks taxon ID: 39387
Freebase ID: /m/0h02z
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 9320
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: meropids
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0122924
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: bietere
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4915582
INaturalist taxon ID: 2183
IRMNG ID: 104293
ITIS TSN: 178129
Interlingual Index ID: i44939
J9U entity ID: 987007282400005171
Lex ID: biædere
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778404797
Museum-digital tag ID: 105553
NALT ID: 16276
NBIC scientific name ID: 4028
NBN System Key: NBNSYS0000160405
NCBI taxonomy ID: 57386
NE.se ID: biätare
Nederlands Soortenregister ID: 139170
Open Tree of Life ID: 815968
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 39387
Topic's main category: Category:Meropidae
UMLS CUI: C0326174
Vikidia article ID: fr:Guêpier
WoRMS-ID for taxa: 196067
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 01831355-n
YSO ID: 7164
Yale LUX ID: concept/7676a632-22e4-4f5a-a2ac-bb55a9490d5b

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🔗 Connections

← Parent taxon 3

Merops, Nyctyornis, Meropogon

Code of nomenclature 1

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

Described by source 1

Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary

Instance of 1

taxon

Named after 1

Golden Bee-eater Award

On focus list of Wikimedia project 1

Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

Parent taxon 1

Coraciiformes

Taxon rank 1

family

Topic's main category 1

Category:Meropidae

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Meropidae

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Discovery and Description

Things named for Meropidae include Golden Bee-eater Award^[10], an award^[11], in Slovenia^[12].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Meropidae include Golden Bee-eater Award^[10], an award^[11], in Slovenia^[12].

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11h ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

BVPB authority ID → 105155

"Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 105155, batch #294593"
12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Interlingual Index ID → i44939

WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 01831355-n

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Biblissima authority ID → AICES

"Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q293446, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

Instance of → taxon

Described by source → Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)

On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

+ 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 7164, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"

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