Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae
Le Guêpier de Perse (Merops persicus) est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Meropidae. Morphologie Cet oiseau présente un plumage vert vif et une gorge rouge roussâtre avec du jaune uniquement sur le menton. Ses rectrices médianes sont très longues.
The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) is a species of bee-eater that breeds in Northern Africa and the Middle East from eastern Turkey to Kazakhstan and India. It is generally strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, although some populations are resident year-round in the Sahel. This species occurs as a rare vagrant north of its breeding range, with most vagrants occurring in Italy and Greece.
El abejaruco persa (Merops persicus) es una especie de ave coraciiforme de la familia Coraciidae. Se encuentra desde Marruecos hasta Oriente Medio a través de todo el norte de África. Subespecies Se conocen dos subespecies de Merops persicus: Merops persicus chrysocercus - noroeste de África (al sur del Atlas); de Senegambia al Lago Chad.
Distribution
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