European roller (Coracias garrulus)

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Subject:	European roller (Coracias garrulus)
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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Creator:François-Nicolas Martinet, Dessiné et Gravé par..
Description
Coracias garrula
Date 1796-1799
Source/Photographer Buffon, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Le Rollier
Old Latin name Coracias garrula
New Latin name Coracias garrulus
Common name Nederlands: Scharrelaar
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coracias_garrula_-_1796-1799_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZAA100195.tif

The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East and Central Asia and Morocco.

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