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blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
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Description
1. Merops persicus persicus = Merops persicus persicus Pallas, 1773
2., 3. M[erops] p[ersicus] chrysocercus = Merops persicus chrysocercus Cabanis & Heine, 1860
English: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, 2. in winter, 3. in spring
Date 1912
Source Novitates Zoologicae (Volume 18 Plate 9) http://www.archive.org/details/novitateszoologi18lond
Author Walter Rothschild, Ernst Hartert, K. Jordan (editors)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NovitatesZoologicae18_Pl09.png
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.
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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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