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Purple-bearded Bee-eater Meropogon forsteni Scientific name definitions

Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 25, 2015

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Distribution of the Purple-bearded Bee-eater - Range Map
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Distribution of the Purple-bearded Bee-eater

Recommended Citation

Fry, H. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Purple-bearded Bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pbbeat1.01
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