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blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
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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_persicus
00.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
Comments
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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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