European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Juvenile European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Description
Magyar: Partfal leomlásakor, az üregek alatt várakozó fióka
Date 10 November 2007 (original upload date)
Author The original uploader was https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alkarin at Hungarian Wikipedia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyurgyalag_(Merops_apiaster).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".