A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Meropidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Purple-bearded Bee-eaterMeropogon forsteni Bonaparte, 1850 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Böhm's Bee-eaterMerops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed Bee-eaterMerops breweri (Cassin, 1859) | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides A. Smith, 1834 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki Vieillot, 1817 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis Shaw, 1798 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1793 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rosy Bee-eaterMerops malimbicus Shaw, 1806 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides Des Murs & Pucheran, 1846 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892) | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis Latham, 1801 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus Latham, 1801 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus Pallas, 1773 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus Linnaeus, 1767 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus P. L. S. Müller, 1776 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali Bee-eaterMerops revoilii Oustalet, 1882 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus Vieillot, 1817 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis Linnaeus, 1758 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus Swainson, 1837 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis amictus (Temminck, 1824) | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni (Jardine & Selby, 1828) | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.