purple-bearded bee-eater, Celebes bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni)

Query: meropidae

Result: 34^th of 165

Subject:	purple-bearded bee-eater, Celebes bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni)
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Description
Purple-bearded Bee-eater - Sulawesi_MG_5287
Date 11 August 2010, 08:37
Source Purple-bearded Bee-eater - Sulawesi_MG_5287
Author Francesco Veronesi from Italy https://www.flickr.com/people/30818542@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purple-bearded_Bee-eater_-_Sulawesi_MG_5287.jpg

The purple-bearded bee-eater or Celebes bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is an endemic resident on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species is often seen in clearings inside dense forest. The purple-bearded bee-eater is the only member of the genus Meropogon. Its scientific name commemorates Eltio Alegondas Forsten (1811–1843) who collected in the East Indies between 1838 and his death.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Meropogon
Bonaparte, 1850
Species: Meropogon forsteni (Bonaparte, 1850)

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