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blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
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blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
Author C. G. Finch-Davies (1875–1920) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._G._Finch-Davies
Description
Merops persicus, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (adult female)
Date 15 January 1908
Source/Photographer Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merops_persicus00.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.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
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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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