Broad-billed Roller
Eurystomus glaucurus(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Broad-billed Roller
The Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Eurystomus glaucurus
- Family
- Coraciidae (Rollers)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Broad-billed Roller
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Eurystomus glaucurus aethiopicus
- Eurystomus glaucurus afer
- Eurystomus glaucurus suahelicus
- Eurystomus glaucurus glaucurus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracias glaucurus
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.86
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Rollers
Blue-throated Roller
Eurystomus gularis
Azure Dollarbird
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Oriental Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
Blue-bellied Roller
Coracias cyanogaster
Racket-tailed Roller
Coracias spatulatus
Purple Roller
Coracias naevius
Indian Roller
Coracias benghalensis
Purple-winged Roller
Coracias temminckii
Indochinese Roller
Coracias affinis
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicus
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
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