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Coraciidae

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Coraciidae

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Also known as Rollers

Coraciidae () is a family of Old World birds, which are known as rollers because of the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. The family contains 13 species and is divided into two genera. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, and share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and bee-eaters, blues and pinkish or cinnamon browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but not the outer one.

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Coraciidae, commonly known as rollers, is an accepted family within the class Aves and phylum Chordata. The taxonomy places the group in the order Coraciiformes, with authority attributed to Vigors in 1825. These organisms inhabit marine environments.

Biological records for the family are extensive, with occurrence counts reaching 1,280,298. Specific institutional records, totaling 50, are held by ANWC, UF, MSU, NMV, and CUMV. These records originate from countries including Australia, India, the United States, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, with some locations listed as Unknown or Invalid.

The family is referenced by 465 other encyclopedia articles. Visual materials associated with Coraciidae are available in the Commons gallery and category under the same name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

rollers

Coraciidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderCoraciiformes
  5. FamilyCoraciidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded1,280,298

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
50
Family
Coraciidae
Collections
ANWC, UF, MSU, NMV, CUMV, TTU
Recorded in
Lao People’S Democratic Republic, Unknown Or Invalid, United States, Australia, India, Yemen, South Africa, Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Taxonomy and systematics
  • Genera
  • Description
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Behavior
  • Breeding
  • Feeding
  • References
  • Cited text
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Coraciidae () is a family of Old World birds, which are known as rollers because of the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. The family contains 13 species and is divided into two genera. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, and share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and bee-eaters, blues and pinkish or cinnamon browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but not the outer one.

They are mainly insect eaters, with Eurystomus species taking their prey on the wing, and those of the genus Coracias diving from a perch to catch food items from on the ground, like giant shrikes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coraciidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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