Description
Français : Guêpier d'Europe Merops apiaster - European Bee-eater (parc national de l'Ichkeul) 03
Date 6 May 2015, 13:01:59
Author El Golli Mohamed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:El_Golli_Mohamed
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gu%C3%AApier_d%27Europe_Merops_apiaster_-_European_Bee-eater_(parc_national_de_l%27Ichkeul)_03.jpg

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) 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".
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758