Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Hilary Fry and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 17, 2012
Text last updated December 17, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Knopsterttroupant |
| Bulgarian | Ракетоопашата синявица |
| Catalan | gaig blau de raquetes |
| Czech | mandelík miombový |
| Dutch | Vlagstaartscharrelaar |
| English | Racket-tailed Roller |
| English (United States) | Racket-tailed Roller |
| French | Rollier à raquettes |
| French (France) | Rollier à raquettes |
| German | Spatelracke |
| Icelandic | Spaðahrani |
| Japanese | ラケットニシブッポウソウ |
| Norwegian | vimpelråke |
| Polish | kraska flagosterna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Rolieiro-cauda-de-raquete |
| Russian | Ракетохвостая сизоворонка |
| Slovak | krakľa savanová |
| Spanish | Carraca de Raquetas |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carraca de raquetas |
| Swedish | vimpelblåkråka |
| Turkish | Raket Kuyruklu Gökkuzgun |
| Ukrainian | Сиворакша мозамбіцька |
| Zulu | ifefenomsilasantshengula |
Coracias spatulatus Trimen, 1880
PROTONYM:
Coracias spatulatus
Trimen, 1880. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, p.30.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Leshumo Valley, near Victoria Falls, Rhodesia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CORACIAS
- coracias
- spatulata / spatulatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Racket-tailed Roller
