Racket-tailed Roller
Coracias spatulatusTrimen, R, 1880
English (US) Racket-tailed Roller
The Racket-tailed Roller (Coracias spatulatus) 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: tropical southwestern Angola to northeastern Tanzania and southern MozambiqueRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coracias spatulatus
- Family
- Coraciidae (Rollers)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Racket-tailed Roller
- Described by
- Trimen, R, 1880
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Trimen, R, 1880
- Type locality
- Leshumo Valley, near Victoria Falls, Rhodesia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880, pt.1 p.31
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Blue-bellied Roller
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Indochinese Roller
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Lilac-breasted Roller
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Abyssinian Roller
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European Roller
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