European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Science Article 6 abstract Avian cooperative breeding has been regarded as an ideal system in which to investigate the role of kin selection in the evolution of altruistic behaviour (Brown 1987). However, many studies of helping at the nest have been carried out on communally breeding species in which the costs […]
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A Case of Bigamy in the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Science Article 1 abstract This example of bigamy is interesting, because it does not fit with current hypotheses about the adaptive value of polygyny. Orians (1969) argued that females may sometimes gain by being the second female on a good territory rather than a lone female on a poor territory, and […]
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
[order] CORACIIFORMES | [family] Meropidae | [latin] Merops persicus | [UK] Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | [FR] Guepier | [DE] Blauwangen-Spint | [ES] Abejaruco Persa | [NL] Groene Bijeneter Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Merops persicus EU sw, nw AF AF Merops persicus chrysocercus nw Africa to w Africa Merops […]
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
[order] CORACIIFORMES | [family] Meropidae | [latin] Merops apiaster | [UK] European Bee-eater | [FR] Guepier d’Europe | [DE] Bienenfresser | [ES] Abejaruco Comun | [NL] Bijenter Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Highly distinctive with multicolored plumage. Male has black gorget, greenish-blue underparts, scapulars and rump flaxen. Long uppertail coverts the same green as tail, […]