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.
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A bird arriving with an insect and offering it to another individual. Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 5 May 2011 1 year ago 41 sec 2.7 -
Three perched birds, one of them rubbing its bill and then another one flying off. Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 5 May 2011 1 year ago 36 sec 2.7 -
A group of birds on a tree Locality Guadarrama River, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 July 2007 4 years ago 34 sec 2.5 -
A breeding colony Locality Perefort, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Raül Aymí 9 years ago 13 sec 2.4 -
Several birds perched on wires, preening. Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 2.3 -
An adult looking around on a wire and flying away. Locality Bastia, Corsica, France (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 23 July 2008 4 years ago 10 sec 2
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Ready to take off
Locality Extremadura, Spain
Nicole Bouglouan 11 May 2011 2 years ago 3.2 -
A bird perched on a fence
Locality Extremadura, Spain
Nicole Bouglouan 11 May 2011 2 years ago 3.2 -
OK, here's a smile to match my plumage!
Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Brendan Marnell 25 April 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
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Locality Sudan
Mohamed Ismael 5 weeks ago 3 -
Agile in flight
Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Brendan Marnell 20 April 2010 2 years ago 3 -
Pair just arrived & surveying for possible nest location.
Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Brendan Marnell 20 April 2010 2 years ago 3
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Classical calls in flight. Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France
(Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 22 July 2004 3 years ago 4.3 -
Some birds calling. Locality Kerkini Lake, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 18 May 2008 27 weeks ago 4
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