Coracias
| Coracias | |
|---|---|
| Adult European roller | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Coraciidae |
| Genus: | Coracias Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Coracias garrulus (European roller) Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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9, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coracias is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of near passerine birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups, blues and browns predominating. The two outer front toes are connected, but not the inner one.
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