Coracias

Indian roller ( '' Coracias benghalensis ''), India.

South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests 2008

The Camargue (Rhone Delta) breeding bird species include 8 heron species, Gelochelidon nilotica, Coracias garrulus, Merops apiaster, Plegadis falcinellus, Phoenicopterus ruber (the largest colony of flamingo in the Mediterranean), Glareola pratincola, and gulls.

Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests 2007

The Celebes Roller (Coracias temmincki) is an interesting example of one species of a genus being cut off from the rest.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

There are species of Coracias in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but none in the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, or Borneo.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

In such places I found a good many birds, among which were the fine cream-coloured pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa, and the rare blue-headed roller, Coracias temmincki, which has a most discordant voice, and generally goes in pairs, flying from tree to tree, and exhibiting while at rest that all-ina-heap appearance and jerking motion of the head and tail which are so characteristic of the great Fissirostral group to which it belongs.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

The birds were lank black clivers (Plotus), exceedingly wild; the African roller (Coracias); halcyons of several species, especially a white and black kingfisher, nimble and comely; many swallows, horn-bills, and wild pigeons which made the bush resound; ardeine birds, especially a heron, like the large Indian

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

But they are mild offenders in comparison with the king-crows (_Dicrurus ater_) and the rollers (_Coracias indica_).

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

That brilliant study in light and dark blue, so common in the plains, which we call the blue-jay, does not occur in the Himalayas; nor is it a jay at all: its proper name is the Indian roller (_Coracias indica_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

In such places I found a good many birds, among which were the fine cream-coloured pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa, and the rare blue-headed roller, Coracias temmincki, which has a most discordant voice, and generally goes in pairs, flying from tree to tree, and exhibiting while at rest that all-in-a-heap appearance and jerking motion of the head and tail which are so characteristic of the great

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

Coracias in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but none in the Malay peninsula,

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868