Coraciidae

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Coraciidae - rollers

family Coraciidae

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes - rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies

roller - Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

Coracias, genus Coracias - type genus of the Coraciidae

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Coraciidae Coracias abbyssinicus Abyssian rollerS 12.

Species diversity and richness of wild birds in Dagona-Waterfowl Sanctuary, Nigeria

The third family is the Coraciidae, or rollers, which are related to the Brachypteraciidae and Leptosomatidae, two families endemic to Madagascar.

Mediterranean tropical plumages

Upupidae (2 spp.), Coraciidae (1 sp.), Halcyonidae (1sp.), Alcedinidae (1 sp.), Meropidae (2 spp.), Cuculidae (2 spp.) belonged to order Coraciiformes.