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European Bee-eater

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The European bee-eater is a species of bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae, and has the largest range of any bee-eater species. It breeds across southern and central Europe, northern and southern Africa, and western Asia, and except for a resident population in southern Africa it is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; it also occurs as a spring overshoot north of its usual range, with occasional breeding recorded in northern Europe.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Merops apiaster 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Meropidae, Taxa
Source European Bee-eater (Wikidata)

In Biome

Desert, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Merops apiaster
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Latvia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. European Bee-eater (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q170718 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Wikidata Q170718 (P1034 main food source): bee
    Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): bee.
  • Child Taxon Of: Meropidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source
4. Wikipedia: European Bee-eater
WikipediaSpeciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
Quote, Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Merops apiaster
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyIn Biome: Desert, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, In Biome: Desert, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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