Meropidae
Of the méropidés (or Meropidae ) is the family of the guêpiers , birds of intermediate size (16 to 35 cm), brilliantly coloured. They have a long nozzle slightly bent, average wings with long, short legs, and a tail with the lengthened median rectrices.
They live in the Old world, in opened mediums, forest edges and clearings, in hot climate.
Alphabetical list of the S
- Meropogon Bonaparte, 1850
- Merops Linnaeus, 1758
- Nyctyornis Gardens & Selby, 1830
List S
- Guêpier with strawberry - Nyctyornis amictus (Temminck, 1824) - Red-bearded Bee-eater
- Guêpier with blue beard - Nyctyornis athertoni (Gardens & Selby, 1828) - Blue-bearded Bee-eater
- Guêpier of Célèbes - Meropogon forsteni Bonaparte, 1850 - Purple-bearded Bee-eater
- Guêpier with black head - Merops breweri (Cassin, 1859) - Black-headed Bee-eater
- Guêpier with blue head - Merops muelleri (Cassin, 1857) - Blue-headed Bee-eater
- black Guêpier - Merops gularis Shaw, 1798 - Black Bee-eater
- Guêpier with dovetail - Merops hirundineus A.A.H. Lichtenstein, 1793 - Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
- dwarf Guêpier - Merops pusillus Statius Muller, 1776 - Little Bee-eater
- Guêpier with blue collar - Old-fashioned Merops variegatus , 1817 - Blue-breasted Bee-eater
- mountain Guêpier - Merops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892) - Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Guêpier with red throat - Old-fashioned Merops bulocki , 1817 - Red-throated Bee-eater
- Guêpier with white face - Merops bullockoides A. Smith, 1834 - White-fronted Bee-eater
- Guêpier de Revoil - Merops revoilii Oustalet, 1882 - Somali Bee-eater
- Guêpier with white throat - Old-fashioned Merops albicollis , 1817 - White-throated Bee-eater
- Guêpier of Böhm - Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 - Böhm' S Bee-eater
- Guêpier d' Orient - Merops orientalis Latham, 1802 - Little Green Bee-eater
- Guêpier of Persia - Merops persicus Pallas, 1773 - Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Guêpier of Madagascar - Merops superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766 - Olive Bee-eater
- Guêpier with tail of azure - Merops philippinus Linnaeus, 1766 - Blue-tailed Bee-eater
- Guêpier rainbow - Merops ornatus Latham, 1802 - Rainbow Bee-eater
- Guêpier with blue throat - Merops viridis Linnaeus, 1758 - Blue-throated Bee-eater
- Guêpier de Leschenault - Old-fashioned Merops leschenaulti , 1817 - Bay-headed Bee-eater
- Guêpier d' Europe - Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 - European Bee-eater
- Guêpier gray-pink - Merops malimbicus Shaw, 1806 - Rosy Bee-eater
- scarlet Guêpier - Merops nubicus Gmelin, 1788 - Dyes with carmine Bee-eater
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