European roller (Coracias garrulus)

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Subject:	European roller (Coracias garrulus)
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Coracias garrula - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ16700221.jpg

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European roller (Coracias garrulus)

Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Nicolas_Martinet
Description
Coracias garrula
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Buffon III p. 151 pl. 486
Old Latin name Coracias garrula
New Latin name Coracias garrulus
Common name Nederlands: Scharrelaar
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coracias_garrula_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16700221.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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