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Bee-eaters
Order:
Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
24 species
Old World tropics and temperate zones;
15-35 cm; colorful; bill long, slender, laterally compressed, decurved; wings long, pointed; tail long, central pair of rectrices elongated; feet small; toes slender;
sallying insectivores;
burrow-nesters, often colonial ; sexes similar; monogamous; 2-9 eggs; biparental care, sometimes with helpers.
