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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
Also calledAbejaruco persa (spa) · Abelharuco-de-faces-azuis (por) · Abellaruco persa (glg) · Abellerol de Persia (arg) · Abellerol de Pèrsia (cat) · Beachadóir Peirseach (gle) · Beachaire gormleicneach (gle) · Blauwangenbienenfresser (deu) · Blauwangenspint (deu) · Blouwangbyvreter (afr) · Eeder-shellan lieckan-gorrym (glv) · Erle-txori papargorri (eus) · Flugnasvelgur (isl) · Gruccione del Madagascar (ita)
First described in: Reise Versch. Provin. Russ. Reichs 2 p. 708
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Distribution
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are sw, nw AF. Non breeding regions are AF.
IOC World Bird List, v
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Merops persicus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2475419.