BPBM 184731Vertebrate Zoology
Merops ornatus
Rainbow Bee-eater
As recorded: Merops ornatus Latham, 1801
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Coraciiformes › Meropidae
- Collected by
- P R Swift
- Collector number
- Collector Number: PRS 077
- Locality
- Wau, 2 km W, (Wau Ecology Institute grounds)
- Region
- Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- -7.3400, 146.7071
- Identified by
- P R Swift
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Cite this specimen
Merops ornatus. BPBM 184731. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93659001. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/184731.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 93659001 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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