European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Chania, Gavdos isl.
Photo taken by:
Ivovic, M.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

European Bee-eater

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Photo of a European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, the most colourful European bird. Its slender and long beak shows that it feeds on insects (mainly bees and wasps).

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