Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus, top) - Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus, center and bottom) Description
1. (top left) Dicrocercus hirundineus (Licht.) = Merops hirundineus hirundineus A.A.H.Lichtenstein, 1793
2. (top right) Dicrocercus furcatus (Stanl.) = Merops hirundineus furcatus Stanley, 1814
3. (center) Melitophagus cyanostictus Cab. = Merops pusillus cyanostictus Cabanis, 1869
4. (bottom left) Melitophagus meridionalis Sharpe = Merops pusillus meridionalis (Sharpe, 1892)
5. (bottom right) Melitophagus pusillus (P. L. S. Müll.) = Merops pusillus pusillus P.L.S.Müller, 1776
English: Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (top) - Little Bee-eater (center and bottom)
Date 1886
Source Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum (Vol. 17 Plate I) http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofbirds17brit
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gerrard_Keulemans Ernst Hartert (text)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeropsKeulemans.jpg
The swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in savannah woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. It is partially migratory, moving in response to rainfall patterns.
The little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is resident in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
