Distribution
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S Palearctic; winters to sub-Saharan Africa and w India.Trusted
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Merops apiaster Trusted
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Merops apiaster Trusted
Paco Gómez
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Flickr: EOL Images
Merops apiaster Trusted
Paco Gómez
Source:
Flickr: EOL Images
Merops apiaster Trusted
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IUCN threat status:
Present in 52 collections
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Especies animales de Abenójar
6 other items
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Birds of Evros Delta, Greece
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Birds of Algarve, Portugal
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RedHotList pending
721 other items , 9 members
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Especies de Abenójar
11 other items , 1 member
Found in 6 classifications
See all 6 approved classifications in which this taxon appears.Species recognized by Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013:
- Animalia +
- Chordata +
- Aves +
- Coraciiformes +
- Meropidae +
- Merops +
- Merops apiaster Linnaeus 1758
- Merops albicollis Vieillot 1817
- Merops boehmi Reichenow 1882
- Merops breweri (Cassin, 1859)
- Merops bullockoides A. Smith, 1834
- Merops bulocki Vieillot 1817 +
- Merops gularis Shaw 1798 +
- Merops hirundineus A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1793 +
- Merops leschenaulti Vieillot 1817 +
- Merops malimbicus Shaw, 1805
- 12 more... show full tree...
- Merops +
- Meropidae +
- Coraciiformes +
- Aves +
- Chordata +
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Katja Schulz marked "File:Pair of Merops apiaster feeding.jpg" as trusted on the "Merops apiaster Linnaeus 1758" page.
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Stijn Cooleman commented on an older version of File:Blue Cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) 22-Mar-2007 11-22-20 AM.JPG:
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater has a green back.
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Stijn Cooleman commented on an older version of File:Blue Cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) 22-Mar-2007 11-22-20 AM.JPG:
Rufous crown and back
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Stijn Cooleman marked "File:Blue Cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) 22-Mar-2007 11-22-20 AM.JPG" as hidden on the "Merops persicus Pallas 1773" page.
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