European Roller Coracias garrulus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (51)
- Subspecies (2)
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
Text last updated November 23, 2015
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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 |
| 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 (Kenya) | Eurasian Roller |
| English (United States) | European Roller |
| Faroese | Bláfjatla |
| Finnish | sininärhi |
| French | Rollier d'Europe |
| French (France) | Rollier d'Europe |
| Galician | Rolieiro europeo |
| German | Blauracke |
| Greek | Χαλκοκουρούνα |
| Hebrew | כחל מצוי |
| Hungarian | Szalakóta |
| Icelandic | Bláhrani |
| Italian | Ghiandaia marina |
| Japanese | ニシブッポウソウ |
| Latvian | Zaļā vārna |
| Lithuanian | Žalvarnis |
| Malayalam | യൂറോപ്യൻ പനങ്കാക്ക |
| Mongolian | Өрнийн зүсэг |
| Norwegian | blåråke |
| Persian | سبزقبای معمولی |
| Polish | kraska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Rolieiro-europeu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rolieiro |
| 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, 2023
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the European Roller
