Definition of Promerops. Meaning of Promerops. Synonyms of Promerops

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Definition of Promerops

Promerops
Promerops Prom"e*rops, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? before + ? bee-eater.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail.

Meaning of Promerops from wikipedia

- feathers. The genus Promerops was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) as the type...
- The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is one of the eight bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South...
- their important role in mating displays. Promerops gurneyi is one of two species within the genus Promerops and the monotypic family Promeropidae. Gurney's...
- for another work, Histoire des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops, which was published in 1802. Two hundred copies were printed in folio...
- Paijmans, D. M. (2013). "Piscivory in the African Black Oystercatcher". Promerops. 294: 15. "Species factsheet: African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini"...
- hoopoe in his Icones animalium et plantarum. He coined the binomial name Promerops purpureus and mistakenly specified the type locality as eastern India...
- rollers (rolliers), toucans (toucans), barbets (barbus), sugarbirds (promerops), bee-eaters (guêpiers), trogons (couroucous), and turacos (touracos)...
- chalybeus), malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa), and the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer). In order to reach the nectar, the bird must push its bill into...
- Pseudopodoces Sittiparus Sylviparus Picathartidae? Picathartes Promeropidae? Promerops Remizidae Anthoscopus Auriparus Remiz Stenostiridae Chelidorhynx Culicicapa...
- Pseudopodoces Sittiparus Sylviparus Picathartidae? Picathartes Promeropidae? Promerops Remizidae Anthoscopus Auriparus Remiz Stenostiridae Chelidorhynx Culicicapa...