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	 European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
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 MEROPS APIASTER,
 EUROPEAN BEE-EATER
 (over three quarters Nat. size) (Swainson)
 Date	[1875?]
 Source	http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8556709483
 Author	Brehm, Alfred Edmund; Jones, Thomas Rymer
 Full title	Cassell's book of birds : From the text of Dr. Brehm /
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cassell%27s_book_of_birds_(Plate_XXIV)_(8556709483).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".
 Order:	Coraciiformes
 Family:	Meropidae
 Genus:	Merops
 Species:	Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
 
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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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