blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)

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Subject:	blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
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Description
English: Plate 76. Merops Savignii. Black-capped Bee-eater.
This appears to be a synonym of M. persicus.
Date February 1821
Source Zoological Illustrations, Volume II.
Author William Swainson, F.R.S., F.L.S.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoological_Illustrations_Volume_II_Plate_76.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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