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Merops viridissimus  Swainson, 1837
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1174598

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): African Green Bee-eater [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderCoraciiformes  – Motmots, Bee-eaters, Todies, Kingfishers, Rollers, martins-pêcheurs  
                            FamilyMeropidae  – Bee-eaters  
                               GenusMerops Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SpeciesMerops viridissimus Swainson, 1837 – African Green Bee-eater  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesMerops viridissimus cleopatra Nicoll, 1910  
                                     SubspeciesMerops viridissimus flavoviridis Niethammer, 1955  
                                     SubspeciesMerops viridissimus viridissimus Swainson, 1837  
       

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  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.5 (2020), database (version 5)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip   
  Reference for: Merops viridissimus   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 12.1), website (version 12.1)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 21 Jan, 2022]   
  Reference for: Merops viridissimus, African Green Bee-eater [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee   
  Publication Date: 1945   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of Birds of the World, vol. 5   
  Page(s): xi + 306   
  Publisher: Harvard University Press   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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