Merops apiaster
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon VI p. 526 pl. 938
Old Latin name Merops apiaster
New Latin name Merops apiaster
Common name Nederlands: Bijeneter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merops_apiaster_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16800303.tif
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". |
