Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) - HBW 6, p. 339
French: Guêpier d’Europe
German: Bienenfresser
Spanish: Abejaruco Europeo
Other common names: Golden/Eurasian Bee-eater
Taxonomy: Merops Apiaster Linnaeus, 1758, southern Europe.
Relationships unclear. Monotypic.
Distribution: NW Africa (Morocco E to Libya) and SW Europe (Iberia) E to W Russia and C & SW Asia (E to L Balkhash and L Zaysan in Kazakhstan), S to Afghanistan and Oman; also S Namibia and South Africa. Winters at lower latitudes in tropical Africa.
- Least Concern
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An adult regurgitating a pellet Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 5 years ago 9 sec 4.8 -
An adult feeding on a bee Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 5 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
A juvenile being fed three times by an adult Río Grío, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 12 July 2007 2 years ago 42 sec 4.8 -
A pair of adult birds at the nest entrance, one of them bringing a prey El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 12 July 2007 2 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
A bird calling from a wire Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (Monotypic species)
Brendan Marnell 31 March 2007 3 years ago 14 sec 4.6 -
An adult feeding on a dragonfly Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 5 years ago 29 sec 4.5
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Backward Dive Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 22 April 2010 18 weeks ago 4.6 -
Bee-eater with a butterfly victim. Lublin Province, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 2 July 2006 43 weeks ago 4.6 -
An adult in flight just leaving the nest Lisboa Region, Portugal
Jose Viana 19 May 2008 1 year ago 4.6 -
The first batch of migrators pass Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 1 April 2010 21 weeks ago 4.6 -
Landing Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 4 April 2010 21 weeks ago 4.6 -
Hunting. Madrid, Spain
jorgerubio 15 April 2006 1 year ago 4.5
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Classical calls in flight. Essonne, France
(Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 22 July 2004 39 weeks ago 4
