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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An adult feeding on a Red Admiral Locality Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 7 years ago 45 sec 4.2 -
A pair of adult birds at the nest entrance, one of them bringing a prey Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 12 July 2007 5 years ago 40 sec 4.2 -
A close view of a bird looking around. Locality María de Huerva, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 15 April 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
An adult feeding on a Papilium butterfly Locality Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 7 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
An adult feeding on a bee Locality Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 7 years ago 41 sec 4.2 -
Several close views of a pair on a perch, feeding and preening Locality Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alberto Saiz 30 April 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 4.1
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Adult perched
Locality Decima Malafede Nature Reserve, Roma, Lazio Region, Italy
Marco Valentini 9 May 2013 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.4 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Madrid, Spain
jorgerubio 16 April 2006 4 years ago 4.4 -
coming back from a hunt
Locality Hortobágy National Park, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary
gerfer 43 weeks ago 4.3 -
With a bee just catched
Locality Isola della Cona, Isonzo River’s Mouth Regional Nature Reserve, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
Cristiano Crolle 25 May 2012 50 weeks ago 4.3 -
looking around
Locality Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran
GHOST 10 April 2012 16 weeks ago 4.3 -
Display of the couple
Locality Goudelancourt-lès-Pierrepont, Aisne, Picardie, France
Marc FASOL 31 May 2012 24 weeks ago 4.3
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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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