European Bee Eater Gallery

Eggs of European birds, lithograph, published in 1897

Eggs of European birds: 1) Kingfisher; 2) Bee-eater; 3) Black woodpecker; 4) Lesser spotted woodpecker; 5) Roller; 6) Eagle-owl; 7) Long-eared owl; 8) Scops owl; 9) Pygmy owl; 10) Tawny owl; 11) Nightjar; 12) Hoopoe; 13) Swift; 14) Long-tailed tit; 15) Penduline tit; 16) Bearded reedling; 17) Great tit; 18) Marsh tit; 19) Blue tit; 20) Nuthatch; 21) Treecreeper; 22) Wryneck; 23) Wren; 24) Goldcrest; 25) Firecrest; 26) Barn swallow; 27) House martin ; 28) Sand martin; 29) Zilpzalp; 30) Lesser whitethroat; 31) Orphean warbler; 32) Cuckoo; 33) Goshawk; 34) Sparrowhawk; 35) Red kite; 36) Golden eagle; 37) Osprey; 38) Peregrine falcon; 39) Kestrel; 40) Honey buzzard ; 41) Hen harrier; 42) Great grey shrike; 43) Red-backed shrike; 44) Crested tit; 45) Robin; 46) Nightingale; 47) Bluethroat; 48) Dunnock; 49) Spotted flycatcher; 50) Pied flycatcher; 51) Red-breasted flycatcher; 52) Whitethroat; 53) Blackcap; 54) Stonechat; 55) Whinchat; 56) Wheatear; 57) Starling; 58) Golden oriole; 59) Rock thrush; 60) Fieldfare; 61) Song thrush; 62) True thrush; 63) Mistle thrush; 64) Raven; 65) Jackdaw; 66) Alpine chough; 67) Magpie; 68) Jay; 69) Great reed warbler; 70) Reed warbler; 71) Sedge warbler; 72) Tree warbler; 73) Tree pipit; 74) Meadow pipit; 75) Wood warbler; 76) Western yellow wagtail; 77) White wagtail; 78) Skylark. Lithograph, published in 1897

European bee-eater, Merops apiaster

European bee-eater, Merops apiaster. . Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, 1792

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

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A European bee-eater sits on a tree branch with prey near the village of Alekseevka

A European bee-eater sits on a tree branch with prey near the village of Alekseevka, Belarus June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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