Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 is a animal in the Meropidae family, order Coraciiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 (Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882)
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Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882

Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882

Böhm's bee-eater (Merops boehmi) is a Meropidae bird found in several southern African countries, named for zoologist Richard Böhm.

Family
Genus
Merops
Order
Coraciiformes
Class
Aves

About Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882

Böhm's bee-eater, scientifically named Merops boehmi, is a bird species belonging to the family Meropidae. This species is distributed across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its common and scientific name honors German zoologist Richard Böhm.

Photo: (c) Francesco Veronesi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Coraciiformes Meropidae Merops

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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