coracias meaning

Noun: Coracias

1. Type genus of the Coraciidae
   - genus Coracias

Type of: bird genus

Part of: Coraciidae, family Coraciidae

Encyclopedia: Coracias

• coracias garrulus:    Noun: Coracias gar ...
• genus coracias:    Noun: genus Coraci ...

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1. It is the only nesting region for the European roller ( " Coracias garrulus " ) in Slovenia.
2. The olive-backed oriole was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name " Coracias sagittata ".
3. The "'European roller "'( " Coracias garrulus " ) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe.
4. ""'Coracias " "'is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of near passerine birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters.
5. 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.