Böhm's bee-eater | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Meropidae |
Genus: | Merops |
Species: | M. boehmi |
Binomial name | |
Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 | |
Synonyms | |
Aerops boehmi |
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The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm. [2]
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