swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)

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Subject:	swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)
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swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)

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English: Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus). Photograph of a specimen at Nairobi National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Date 7 November 2013
Author DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DickDaniels
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swallow-tailed_Bee-eater_RWD.jpg

The swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in savannah woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. It is partially migratory, moving in response to rainfall patterns.

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Scientific Name: Merops hirundineus Lichtenstein, 1793 Common Names: English – Swallow-tailed Bee-eater French – Guêpier à queue d'hirondelle French: Guêpier à queue d’aronde German: Schwalbenschwanzspint Spanish: Abejaruco golondrina Taxonomy: Merops hirundineus A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1793, Oranje River, South Africa.

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