The European bee-eater is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. The genus name "Merops" is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater", and "apiaster" is Latin, also meaning "bee-eater", from "apis", "bee".
Similar species: Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Rollers
By Massimiliano Maxfear Sticca
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Uploaded Dec 7, 2012. Captured May 28, 2012 11:03 in Via Pietra al Padule, 3906, 55054 Massarosa Province of Lucca, Italy.
