Description
1. Merops persicus persicus = Merops persicus persicus Pallas, 1773
2., 3. M[erops] p[ersicus] chrysocercus = Merops persicus chrysocercus Cabanis & Heine, 1860
English: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, 2. in winter, 3. in spring
Date 1912
Source Novitates Zoologicae (Volume 18 Plate 9) http://www.archive.org/details/novitateszoologi18lond
Author Walter Rothschild, Ernst Hartert, K. Jordan (editors)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NovitatesZoologicae18_Pl09.png

The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. The genus name Merops is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater", and persicus is Latin for "Persian". It breeds in Northern Africa, and the Middle East from eastern Turkey to Kazakhstan and India.