broad-billed roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)

Query: iconographia zoologica

Result: 1095^th of 1524

Subject:	broad-billed roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Nicolas_Martinet
Description
Eurystomus glaucurus
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon III p. 161 pl. 501
Old Latin name Eurystomus glaucurus
New Latin name Eurystomus glaucurus
Common name Nederlands: Breedbekscharrelaar
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurystomus_glaucurus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16700257.tif

The broad-billed roller (Eurystomus glaucurus) is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa and Madagascar in all but the driest regions. The broad-billed roller was originally described in the genus Coracias. Alternate names for the broad-billed roller include the African broad-billed roller and cinnamon roller.

iconographia zoologica
1095/1524

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