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


Description
Meropogon forsteni
Date 1850-1883
Source The Birds of Asia. Volume 1 http://www.archive.org/stream/BirdsAsiaJohnGoIGoul#page/n179/mode/1up
Author John Gould, HC Richter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeropogonForsteniGould.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.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Meropogon
Bonaparte, 1850
Species: Meropogon forsteni (Bonaparte, 1850)

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