coraciidæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. A family of picarian birds, non-passerine and not related to the crows, belonging to the group of coccygomorphs, and typified by the genus Coracias. It, contains the forms known as rollers, of the genera Coracias, Eurystomus, Leptosomus, Brachypteracias, Atelornis, and Geobiastes, of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The Coraciidæ are flssirostral, and related to the broadbills, todies, and motmots. The term has sometimes been made to cover an assemblage of all these birds together, but is now definitely restricted as above. Also written Coracidæ, Coraciadæ, Coraciadidæ.