Reference photo — Pierre Dalous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster
Moderate
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Meropidae
- Size
- 27–29 cm (length)
- Weight
- 44–78 g
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Lifespan
- 5–7 yrs
- Habitat
- Open country, River banks, Farmland
About
The European bee-eater is a bird species in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. It breeds in southern and central Europe, northern and southern Africa, and western Asia. Except for the resident southern African population, the species is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.