Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Aves [classis]
Coraciiformes [ordo]
Meropidae [familia]
Merops [genus]
Genus Merops contains the following taxa:
Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 [species]
Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 [species]
Merops nubicus Gmelin, 1788 [species]