European Bee-eater

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European Bee-eater	Home Bird Orders
Photo by Joaquim Antunes © all rights reserved Visit his superb photo collection		Alternate name
	Merops apiaster	Scientific name
	Coraciiformes	Order
	Meropidae	Family
	25cm	Length
	Temperate forest & grassland, dry savanna & shrubland, often near fresh water, in:- Acores Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Belgium Benin Bosnia Botswana Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Corse Cote d'Ivoire Crete Croatia Cyprus Democratic Rep. of Congo Denmark Djibouti Egypt England Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guinea-Bissau Greece Hungary Iceland India Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Liberia Libya Lithuania Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Moldova Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sicilia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Swaziland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Wales Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe	Habitat-Altitude-Range
	5 to 8 White eggs Europe,	Clutch
	Flying insects which it hawks from a perch. wasps, bees and hornets form a large part of their diet.	Food Diet
		Habits
	1178	World Number
	Least Concern	Status

European Bee-eater song
(Merops apiaster)
David Farrow XC37536
11-5-2007, Uzbekistan

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