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European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Subject: European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
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European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)


European Bee-eater Merops apiaster feeding underground
Date 28 June 2013, 12:04:26
Author Ecavina
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feeding_of_bee-eater.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".

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Scientific Name: Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names: European Bee-eater, Bee-eater
French: Guêpier d’Europe; German: Bienenfresser; Spanish: Abejaruco europeo
Taxonomy: Merops Apiaster Linnaeus, 1758, southern Europe.

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