Talk:Northern carmine bee-eater

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File:Merops nubicus luc viatour-crop.jpg to appear as POTD

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Merops nubicus luc viatour-crop.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 24, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-10-24. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:04, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. Native to Africa, the species is predominantly carmine in colour. Its diet consists mostly of bees and other flying insects.Photograph: Luc Viatour

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Juveniles illustrated?

If the birds illustrated are juveniles the captions should say so.--Wetman (talk) 16:16, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]