Editing Bee-eater (section)

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<ref name="hbwafricanb">{{cite journal |last1=del Hoyo |first1=Josep |last2=Collar |first2=Nigel |last3=Kirwan |first3=Guy M. |editor1-last=del Hoyo |editor1-first=Josep |editor2-last=Elliott |editor2-first=Andrew |editor3-last=Sargatal |editor3-first=Jordi |editor4-last=Christie |editor4-first=David A. |editor5-last=de Juana |editor5-first=Eduardo |year=2013 |title=African Green Bee-eater (''Merops viridissimus'') |journal=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive |url=http://www.hbw.com/species/african-green-bee-eater-merops-viridissimus |publisher=Lynx Edicions |location=Barcelona |doi=10.2173/bow.grbeat1.01 |s2cid=240954327 |access-date=20 October 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
<ref name="hbwarabb">{{cite journal |last1=del Hoyo |first1=Josep |last2=Collar |first2=Nigel |last3=Kirwan |first3=Guy M. |editor1-last=del Hoyo |editor1-first=Josep |editor2-last=Elliott |editor2-first=Andrew |editor3-last=Sargatal |editor3-first=Jordi |editor4-last=Christie |editor4-first=David A. |editor5-last=de Juana |editor5-first=Eduardo |year=2013 |title=Arabian Green Bee-eater (''Merops cyanophrys'') |journal=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive |url=http://www.hbw.com/species/arabian-green-bee-eater-merops-cyanophrys |publisher=Lynx Edicions |location=Barcelona |doi=10.2173/bow.grbeat1.01 |s2cid=240954327 |access-date=20 October 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
<ref name="hbwasianb">{{cite journal |last1=Fry |first1=Hilary C. |last2=de Juana |first2=Eduardo |last3=Boesman |first3=Peter |last4=Kirwan |first4=Guy M. |editor1-last=del Hoyo |editor1-first=Josep |editor2-last=Elliott |editor2-first=Andrew |editor3-last=Sargatal |editor3-first=Jordi |editor4-last=Christie |editor4-first=David A. |editor5-last=de Juana |editor5-first=Eduardo |year=2013 |title=Asian Green Bee-eater (''Merops orientalis'') |journal=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive |url=http://www.hbw.com/species/asian-green-bee-eater-merops-orientalis |publisher=Lynx Edicions |location=Barcelona |doi=10.2173/bow.grbeat1.01 |s2cid=240954327 |access-date=20 October 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
<ref name="hbwfamily">{{ cite book | last=Fry | first=Hilary | year=2001 | chapter=Family Meropidae (Bee-eaters) | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | title=Handbook of the Birds of the World | volume=6: Mousebirds to Hornbills | place=Barcelona, Spain | publisher=Lynx Edicions | isbn=978-84-87334-30-6 | pages=286–325 | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0006unse/page/286/mode/1up | chapter-url-access=registration }}
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<ref name="loessbee">{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.005 |title=Loess and bee-eaters I: Ground properties affecting the nesting of European bee-eaters (''Merops apiaster'' L.1758) in loess deposits |journal=Quaternary International |volume=296 |pages=220–226 |year=2013 |last1=Smalley |first1=Ian |last2=O'Hara-Dhand |first2=Ken |last3=McLaren |first3=Sue |last4=Svircev |first4=Zorica |last5=Nugent |first5=Hugh|bibcode=2013QuInt.296..220S |hdl=2381/31362 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/10137392 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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