Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
(Bee-eater, European Bee-eater)

Interactions where Merops apiaster is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
is predator of adult Foreign Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
 /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Coraciiformes/Meropidae/Merops apiaster/Merops apiasterbee-eater, european bee-eater Animal / predatorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beesadult

Merops apiaster (Bee-eater, European Bee-eater) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Merops apiaster (Bee-eater, European Bee-eater) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987BumblebeesNaturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMerops apiaster (Bee-eater, European Bee-eater)
GenusMerops (a genus of birds)
FamilyMEROPIDAE (bee-eaters)
OrderCORACIIFORMES (kingfishers, rollers, bee-eaters and hoopoes)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Merops apiaster (Bee-eater, European Bee-eater)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sterry, P. 2002 Bee-eaters have bred in Britain this year ... Vol 13, No 6 Page: 431

Merops apiaster (Bee-eater, European Bee-eater) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Merops apiaster (Bee-eater, European Bee-eater):

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