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European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Date 1734
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/9312440493
Author Albin, Eleazar; Derham, W.
Full title A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life /
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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". |