Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicusHermann, J, 1783
English (US) Abyssinian Roller
The Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Coraciidae (Rollers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: Senegambia to Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya; central ArabiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coracias abyssinicus
- Family
- Coraciidae (Rollers)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Abyssinian Roller
- Described by
- Hermann, J, 1783
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracias abyssinica
- Described by
- Hermann, J, 1783
- Type locality
- Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Tabula affinitatum animalium (etc.) p.197
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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