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Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater

Merops persicus

Least concern

Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

The blue-cheeked bee-eater 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.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Blue-cheeked bee-eater — CC BY-SA 4.0