Blue-bellied Roller
Coracias cyanogaster
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Coraciidae
The blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster) is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across Africa in a narrow belt from Senegal to northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is resident, apart from some local seasonal movements, in mature moist savannah dominated by Isoberlinia trees. Taxonomy The blue-bellied roller was given the binomial name Coracias cyanogaster in 1816 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier based on "Le Rollier à ventre bleu" that had been described and illustrated by François Levaillant in 1806.
Le Rollier à ventre bleu (Coracias cyanogaster) est une espèce d'oiseau appartenant à la famille des Coraciidae. Répartition Son aire horizontale s'étend du Sénégal au nord-est de la République démocratique du Congo. Liens externes Oiseaux.
La carraca blanquiazul (Coracias cyanogaster) es una especie de ave coraciiforme de la familia Coraciidae propia de África, distribuida desde Senegal hasta el Congo. No se conocen subespecies. Galería Referencias Enlaces externos Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Coracias cyanogaster.
Distribution
More from the same family
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
CoraciidaeLilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
CoraciidaeBroad-billed Roller
Eurystomus glaucurus
CoraciidaeOriental Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
CoraciidaeAbyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicus
CoraciidaeCommon Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
AlcedinidaeLaughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
AlcedinidaeEuropean Bee-eater
Merops apiaster
Meropidae