European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster

Guêpier d'Europe

European Bee-eateradult breeding, identification

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  • identification
  • adult
  • breeding
  • Abejaruco europeo
  • abelharuco-europeu
  • Bienenfresser
  • Merops apiaster
  • Coraciiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Coraciiformes
Family : Meropidae
Species : European Bee-eater

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

by the author
all the pictures

The picture

O.Net ref. : hemi70773
Author :
oiseaux-nature.com
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2009 May
Country : France (fr)
Region : Occitanie
Place : Ouveillan Ouveillan
Lat. : 43° 17' 59'' North
Lng. : 2° 58' 42'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon EOS 40D
Exposure : 1/1000 s

aperture : 11

Focal length : 700 mm

Iso : 200

Flash : no