European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

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European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

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From: phoby@netsgo.com
File: animal2/wffb026-Yellow_Necked_Bird_Get_Insect_Cicada.jpg

It looks like this is a kind of "Pitta".

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From: g98t1607@campus.co.za
Date: Thu Sep 02 26:31:09 KST 1999
File To Comment: animal2/wffb026-Pitta_Gets_Cicada.jpg

This is NOT a pitta ! I imagine that you know by now,
but it is an European bee-eater ...

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From: lammergeier@hongkong.com
Date: Fri Sep 03 27:51:27 KST 1999
File To Comment: animal2/wffb026-Pitta_Gets_Cicada.jpg

of course you know that this is a Bee-eater and not a Pitta.

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The European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa (or to North-Western India, southern India and Sri Lanka in the case of Asian birds). This species occurs as a spring overshoot north of its range, with occasional breeding in northwest Europe.

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Scientific Name: Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 Common Names: European Bee-eater, Bee-eater French: Guêpier d’Europe; German: Bienenfresser; Spanish: Abejaruco europeo Taxonomy: Merops Apiaster Linnaeus, 1758, southern Europe.

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