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Merops

genus of birds of the family Meropidae
Taxon Taxon Q269203

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5][6][7]
Different from
Merops[8]
Parent taxon
Meropidae[3]
Taxon name
Merops[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Merops ar وروار cs vlha fa زنبورخوار fi mehiläissyöjät he שרקרק it meropi ru Merops ru пчелоеды ru пчелояды ru щурки tr Arı kuşu tr Merops uk Бджолоїдка zh 蜂虎属
🔖 Identifiers · 33
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Merops apiaster 04.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Merops
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Merops
BOLD Systems taxon ID
52571
Belgian Species List ID
53398
Catalogue of Life ID
62Z7C
Dyntaxa ID
1001541
EPPO Code
1MROPG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
45513611
Fauna Europaea ID
97083
Fauna Europaea New ID
2686962b-2850-4c34-b670-9fd51080f132
Fossilworks taxon ID
143840
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Freebase ID
/m/0960f4
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2475391
Georgian Encyclopedia ID
27397
INaturalist taxon ID
2184
IRMNG ID
1435252
ITIS TSN
553619
Interlingual Index ID
i44940
LEM ID
LEM201000011
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779013466
NBIC scientific name ID
4029
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000530475
NCBI taxonomy ID
57420
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
139171
Open Tree of Life ID
989088
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
143840
Plazi ID
275889B0-A69F-0723-DCA4-93284B15D5ED
Topic's main category
Category:Merops (genus)
WoRMS-ID for taxa
206781
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01831497-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/ceac2b8a-530c-49b4-8f15-6e70551a4b9a
ZooBank ID for name or act
4981F188-79EF-48B6-B297-112F04296DC3

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 28
European Bee-eater, Asian Green Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Rainbow Bee-eater, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Little Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater +20 more
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Meropidae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Merops (genus)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Merops (genus)
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Summary

Merops is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i44940
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 01831497-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  2. 22w ago · Tim124865 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Merops (genus)
    Different from → Merops
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Merged from another item"
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