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European bee-eater

Belgium.

Antwerp National Zoo

 

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa. This species occurs as a spring overshoot north of its range, with occasional breeding in northwest Europe.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bee-eater

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Uploaded on April 5, 2019
Taken on September 29, 2018