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Merops (bird)

Merops is a large genus of bee-eaters , a group of birds in the family Meropidae, native to Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The members of this family are characterised by r...

Merops is a large genus of bee-eaters, a group of birds in the family Meropidae, native to Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The members of this family are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. They predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air.

Taxonomy

All bee-eaters are in the genus Merops and subfamily Meropinae except for three Asiatic bearded bee-eaters in the subfamily Nyctyornithinae (in genera Nyctyornis and Meropogon). The genus Merops was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.[1] The type species is the European bee-eater.[2] The genus name is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater".[3]

Taxonomy and systematics

Twenty-eight species are recognized:[4]

Antiguas especies

Anteriormente, algunas autoridades también consideraban las siguientes especies (o subespecies) como especies dentro del género Merops :

Referencias

  1. ^ Linneo, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, clases secundum, ordines, géneros, especies, cum caracteribus, diferenciales, sinónimos, locis (en latín). vol.  1 (décima  ed.). Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii. pag.  117.{{cite book}}: CS1 mantenimiento: ubicación del editor ( enlace )
  2. Peters, James Lee , ed. (1945). Lista de aves del mundo . Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pág. 233.  
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Londres: Christopher Helm. pág. 251. ISBN  978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David, eds. (agosto de 2022). "Todies, motmots, bee-eaters" . Lista Mundial de Aves Versión 12.2 . Unión Internacional de Ornitólogos . Consultado el 2 de enero de 2023 .
  5. Marks, Ben D.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Moyle, Robert G. (2007). "Filogenética molecular de los abejarucos (Aves: Meropidae) basada en datos de secuencias de ADN nuclear y mitocondrial". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 45 (1): 23– 32. Bibcode : 2007MolPE..45...23M . doi : 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.004 . PMID 17716922 . 
  6. 1 2 3 "Actualizaciones de especies – Lista Mundial de Aves del COI" . Consultado el 18 de junio de 2021 .
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