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	 European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
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 British ornithology : being the history, with a coloured representation, of every known species of British birds /
 Date	1821
 Source	http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/47497549
 Author	George Graves
 Collection	Field Museum Library
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_ornithology_BHL47497549.jpg
 
 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".
 
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 |  |  | Guest |  |  | 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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