blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) Description
English: The Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) With Dragon fly kill From Basai
Date 5 July 2015, 08:07:13
Author Clpramod
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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.