Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater / Merops oreobates
WBN 
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
SCI Name:
Protonym: Melittophagus oreobates Ibis p.320
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Meropidae / Merops
Taxonomy Code: ccbeat1
Type Locality: Save'' [i.e. Sabei], 6000 feet, and Kimangishi, Mt. Elgon, East Africa.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1892
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MEROPS
(Meropidae; Ϯ European Bee-eater M. apiaster) L. merops, meropis bee-eater < Gr. μεροψ merops bee-eater; "57. MEROPS. Rostrum curvatum, compressum, carinatum. Lingua apice laciniata. Digiti infimo articulo coadunati: postico distincto." (Linnaeus 1758); "Merops Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 117. Type, by tautonymy, Merops apiaster Linné (Merops, prebinomial specific name in synonymy)." (Peters 1945, V, 233). Linnaeus's Merops comprised four species (M. Apiaster, M. viridis, M. cinereus, M. cafer).
Synon. Aerops, Apiaster, Archimerops, Blepharomerops, Bombylonax, Coccolarynx, Cosmaerops, Dicreadium, Dicrocercus, Melittias, Melittophagus, Melittophas, Melittotheres, Meropiscus, Micromerops, Patricus, Phlothrus, Spheconax, Sphecophobus, Tachymerops, Tephraerops, Urica.
oreobates
Gr. ορεοβατης oreobatēs mountain-ranging < ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain; βατης batēs treader < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
