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 calling from a wire Locality Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (Monotypic species)
Brendan Marnell 31 March 2007 5 years ago 14 sec 4 -
A juvenile being fed three times by an adult Locality Río Grío, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 12 July 2007 5 years ago 42 sec 3.9 -
A perched male fluffing the plumage. Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 5 May 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A group perched in a tree showing comfort behaviour Locality Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 7 years ago 59 sec 3.8 -
A group perched in a tree showing comfort behaviour Locality Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Helmut Sütsch 5 July 2004 7 years ago 59 sec 3.8 -
A pair perched. Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 13 May 2010 2 years ago 48 sec 3.8
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Adult checking out nesting sites
Locality El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Brendan Marnell 25 April 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Couple de European Bee-eater.
Locality Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Christian Segonne 9 June 2008 2 years ago 4 -
With his catch
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 22 April 2010 3 years ago 4 -
A little angry?
Locality Isola della Cona, Isonzo River’s Mouth Regional Nature Reserve, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
Cristiano Crolle 25 May 2012 49 weeks ago 3.9 -
A bird perched in a bare tree.
Locality Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 6 February 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
bird is looking around
Locality Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran
GHOST 9 April 2012 16 weeks ago 3.8
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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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