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European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593)  
Title Birds
Date second half of 16th century
Medium Gouache on parchment
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_-_Birds_-_WGA00874.jpg
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". |