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Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus Scientific name definitions

Hilary Fry and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013

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Distribution of the Swallow-tailed Bee-eater - Range Map
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Distribution of the Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

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Recommended Citation

Fry, H. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus), 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.stbeat1.01
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