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blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
| Subject: | blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
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Date: 2012:06:12 10:48:26
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Description
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus) pair in courtship, seen in Basai, Gurgaon on Sunday 10th June 2012.
Date 12 June 2012, 10:48
Source Bee-eater Courtship
Author Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India http://www.flickr.com/people/97235261@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bee-eater_Courtship_(7364348244).jpg
The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. The genus name Merops is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater", and persicus is Latin for "Persian". It breeds in Northern Africa, and the Middle East from eastern Turkey to Kazakhstan and India.
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Scientific Name: Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
Common Names: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
French: Guêpier de Perse German: Blauwangenspint Spanish: Abejaruco persa
Taxonomy: Merops persica Pallas, 1773, shores of the Caspian Sea. |
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