Prigoria (Merops apiaster)

 

RO: Specia săptămânii #29: prigoria (Merops apiaster)
Cunoașteți o pasăre de la noi, mai colorată decât prigoria?
Specia mai este numită și prigoare, albinărel, furnicar, viespar.
Este o specie migratoare. Ajunge la noi în mai, și pleacă în august.
Își face cuib în malurile înalte, lutoase ale râurilor din zonele joase, sau în zone cu rupturi sau alunecări de teren, unde solul este expus relativ vertical.
Este insectivoră. Consumă preponderent bondari, viespi, albine, dar și alte insecte.
Insectele sunt prinse din aer, apoi prigoria se folosește de suportul pe care se așază pentru a îndepărta acul prin lovituri repetate.
În colecția Muzeului Zoologic al UBB se află mai multe exemplare de prigorii. Exponatul de pe prima imagine a fost colectată la Canaraua Fetei (CT) în 1969, iar exemplarele din a doua imagine au fost fotografiate lângă Zalău, de către Mirel Matyas.
#ExponatulSăptămânii #MuzeeleUBB #muzeulzoologicubb #speciasaptamanii #meropsapiaster #prigorie #ClujNapoca #Cluj
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HU: A hét állatfaja #29: gyurgyalag (Merops apiaster)
Ismernek a gyurgyalagnál színesebb hazai madarat?
Ez, a tekintetet könnyen megragadó színes faj, a méhészmadár, gyúrgyóka vagy piripió néven is ismert.
Vonuló. Hozzánk májusban érkezik és augusztus végén távozik.
Társaságkedvelő faj, mely a fákkal tarkított, nyílt területeket kedveli leginkább. Gyakran észlelhető homokbányák, lőszfalak vagy folyók környékén ugyanis fészkeiket a meredek partfalba vájt üregekbe készítik.
Rovarevő. Étrendjének jelentős részét hártyásszárnyú rovarok, méhek alkotják, melyeket a levegőben kapnak el. Ezek fullánkjait nagy ügyességgel képesek eltávolítani elfogyasztásuk előtt.
Az Állattani Múzeum gyűjteményében több gyurgyalag példány is megtalálható. A baloldali fényképen látható példányt Canaraua Fetei (CT) mellől gyűjtötték 1969-ben, a jobb oldali fénykép Mirel Matyas felvétele és Zilah mellett készült.
#allattanimuzeumbbte #ahetpreparatuma #ahetkiallitasitargya #ahetfaja #muzeum #Kolozsvár #állat #méhészmadár #méh #gyurgyalag
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EN: The species of week #29: the European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Do you know a bird that is more colorful than the bee-eater?
The genus name Merops is ancient Greek for “bee-eater”, and apiaster (from the Latin apis, “bee”) also means “bee-eater.”
It is a migratory species that arrives in May and leaves in August.
It nests in the high, muddy banks of rivers, or in areas with ruptures or landslides, where the soil is exposed nearly vertically.
Bee-eaters are almost exclusively aerial hunters. They feed on bumblebees, wasps, bees, hornets as well as other insects. These birds remove stingers by repeatedly hitting and rubbing the caught insects against a hard surface.
In the collection of the BBU Zoological Museum, there are several specimens of bee-eaters, and the specimen in the first image was collected near Canaraua Fetei (CT) in 1969. The bee-eaters in the second picture were photographed near Zalău, by Mirel Matyas.
#specimenoftheweek #speciesoftheweek #museumofzoologybbu #zoologicalmuseumbbu #education #science #animalkingdom #beeeater #color

 

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