swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)

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Subject:	swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)
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Author C. G. Finch-Davies (1875–1920) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._G._Finch-Davies
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus (adult female)
Date 18 March 1909
Source/Photographer Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merops_hirundineus00.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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