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European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Artist Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856)  
Creator:Langlumé
Merops apiaster
Date 1842-1848
Source/Photographer Temminck & Werner, Oiseaux d'Europe, Ordre 7, Alcyons, 207
Old Latin name Merops apiaster
New Latin name Merops apiaster
Common name Nederlands: Bijeneter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merops_apiaster_-_1842-1848_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16800307.tif
The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. The genus name Merops is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater", and apiaster is Latin, also meaning "bee-eater", from apis, "bee". |
