Bee Eater

“Merops Apiaster, the Bee-eater, has ruddy-brown head, neck, upper back, and broad alar bar, buff lower back, green wings and tail with black tips to the long median rectrices, light blue upper tail-coverts, pale green and white forehead, black ear-coverts, and bright yellow throat, divided from the greenish-blue under parts by a black band.” A. H. Evans, 1900

Keywords

Bee-eater, migratory birds, tropical birds, European birds, near passerine bird, African birds, European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster

Galleries

Birds: A-B

Source

Evans, A. H. Birds (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1900)

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