Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese Troupant |
| Albanian | Grifsha e detit |
| Arabic | شقراق أوروبي |
| Armenian | Ներկարար |
| Asturian | Matraca europea |
| Azerbaijani | Adi göycəqarğa |
| Bangla (India) | বিলিতি নীলকন্ঠ |
| Basque | Karraka europarra |
| Bulgarian | Европейска синявица |
| Catalan | gaig blau comú |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 藍胸佛法僧 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 蓝胸佛法僧 |
| Croatian | zlatovrana |
| Czech | mandelík hajní |
| Danish | Ellekrage |
| Dutch | Scharrelaar |
| English | European Roller |
| English (AVI) | European Roller |
| English (Kenya) | Eurasian Roller |
| English (United States) | European Roller |
| Estonian | siniraag |
| Faroese | Bláfjatla |
| Finnish | sininärhi |
| French | Rollier d'Europe |
| French (Canada) | Rollier d'Europe |
| Galician | Rolieiro europeo |
| Georgian | ყაპყაპი |
| German | Blauracke |
| Greek | Χαλκοκουρούνα |
| Gujarati | કાશ્મીરી ચાષ |
| Hebrew | כחל מצוי |
| Hindi | यूरेशियाई नीलकंठ |
| Hungarian | Szalakóta |
| Icelandic | Bláhrani |
| Italian | Ghiandaia marina |
| Japanese | ニシブッポウソウ |
| Kannada | ನೀಲಿ ನೀಲಕಂಠ |
| Kashmiri (India) | نلہٕ کرٛاش |
| Kazakh | Көкқарға |
| Kyrgyz | Көк карга |
| Latvian | Zaļā vārna |
| Lithuanian | Žalvarnis |
| Malayalam | യൂറോപ്യൻ പനങ്കാക്ക |
| Mongolian | Өрнийн зүсэг |
| Nepali (Nepal) | नीलकण्ठ ठेउवा |
| Norwegian | blåråke |
| Persian | سبزقبای اروپایی |
| Polish | kraska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Rolieiro-europeu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rolieiro |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰੀ ਨੀਲਕੰਠ |
| Romanian | Dumbrăveancă |
| Russian | Сизоворонка |
| Serbian | Modrovrana |
| Slovak | krakľa belasá |
| Slovenian | Zlatovranka |
| Spanish | Carraca Europea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carraca europea |
| Swedish | blåkråka |
| Thai | นกตะขาบยูเรเชีย |
| Turkish | Gökkuzgun |
| Ukrainian | Сиворакша євразійська |
| Zulu | ifefeliluhlaza |
Coracias garrulus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Coracias Garrulus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.107.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORACIAS
- coracias
- GARRULUS
- garrulus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
European Roller Coracias garrulus Scientific name definitions
Hilary Fry, Peter F. D. Boesman, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 23, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 23, 2015
Originally Appeared in
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
Authors
Hilary Fry, Peter F. D. Boesman, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Fry, H., P. F. D. Boesman, G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). European Roller (Coracias garrulus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eurrol1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- November 23, 2015
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
Authors
Hilary Fry, Peter F. D. Boesman, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Fry, H., P. F. D. Boesman, G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2015). European Roller (Coracias garrulus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
