coracias meaning

• Noun: Coracias
  1. Type genus of the Coraciidae
     - genus Coracias

  Type of: bird genus

  Part of: Coraciidae, family Coraciidae

  Encyclopedia: Coracias

• It is the only nesting region for the European roller ( " Coracias garrulus " ) in Slovenia.
• The olive-backed oriole was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name " Coracias sagittata ".
• The "'European roller "'( " Coracias garrulus " ) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe.
• ""'Coracias " "'is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of near passerine birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters.
• The "'Abyssinian roller "'( " Coracias abyssinicus " ) is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa in a belt south of the Sahara, known as the Sahel.
• 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.
• Avifauna reported are also substantial and some of the important species are : areostrich " Struthio camelus ", ground hornbill " Bucorvus abyssinicus ", bateleur " Terathopius ecaudatus ", white-faced tree duck " Dendrocygna arborea ", Abyssinian roller " Coracias abyssinica ", standard-winged nightjar " Macrodipteryx longipennis " and guinea fowl " Numida meleagris ".

• "coracias" meaning in Chinese: [网络] 佛法僧属；丁香胸辊
• "coracias" meaning in Russian: Сизоворонки
• "coracias" meaning in Arabic: شقراق
• "coracias" meaning in French: rollier