European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

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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 /
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_natural_history_of_birds_(Numb._XLIV)_(9312440493).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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