European roller, the Glossary
The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is the only member of the roller family breeding in Europe.[1]
Table of Contents
49 relations: Abyssinian roller, Acanthocephala, Animal migration, Baltic states, Beetle, Binomial nomenclature, Bird migration, Bird ringing, Botswana, Carl Linnaeus, Coracias, Coraciidae, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Crow, Dogu'a Tembien, Eurasian jay, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Harald von Loudon, India, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Kashmir, Lake Chad, Latin, Least-concern species, Lilac-breasted roller, Liquid, Maghreb, Molecular phylogenetics, Moniliformis, Near-threatened species, Northern lapwing, Orthoptera, Pesticide, Red-billed chough, Sahara, Sahel, Shrike, Siberia, Species description, Specific name (zoology), Sub-Saharan Africa, Subspecies, Systema Naturae, Type (biology), Viktor von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen, Xinjiang, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
- Coracias
Abyssinian roller
The Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus), or Senegal roller, is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa in a belt south of the Sahara, known as the Sahel. European roller and Abyssinian roller are Coracias.
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Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala (Greek ἄκανθος, akanthos 'thorn' + κεφαλή, kephale 'head') is a group of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host.
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Animal migration
Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis.
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Baltic states
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.
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Binomial nomenclature
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.
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Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
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Bird ringing
Bird ringing (UK) or bird banding (US) is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification.
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Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
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Coracias
Coracias is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of near passerine birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters.
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Coraciidae
Coraciidae is a family of Old World birds, which are known as rollers because of the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a member-supported unit of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, which studies birds and other wildlife.
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Crow
A crow (pronounced) is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly, a synonym for all of Corvus.
Dogu'a Tembien
Dogu'a Tembien ("Upper Tembien", sometimes transliterated as Degua Tembien or Dägʿa Tämben) is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
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Eurasian jay
The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae. European roller and Eurasian jay are birds described in 1758.
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services.
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Harald von Loudon
Baron Harald Georg Gideon Freiherr von Loudon (30 April 1876–1 January 1959) was a Baltic German ornithologist.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Kashmir
Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.
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Lake Chad
Lake Chad (Kanuri: Sádǝ) is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area of.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Least-concern species
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.
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Lilac-breasted roller
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae.
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Liquid
A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a nearly constant volume independent of pressure.
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Maghreb
The Maghreb (lit), also known as the Arab Maghreb (اَلْمَغْرِبُ الْعَرَبِيُّ) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world.
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Molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.
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Moniliformis
Moniliformis is a genus of parasitic worms in the Acanthocephala phylum.
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Near-threatened species
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.
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Northern lapwing
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. European roller and northern lapwing are birds described in 1758 and birds of Europe.
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Orthoptera
Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.
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Pesticide
Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests.
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Red-billed chough
The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. European roller and red-billed chough are birds described in 1758.
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Sahara
The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.
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Sahel
The Sahel region or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa.
Shrike
Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae.
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Siberia
Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
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Species description
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.
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Specific name (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.
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Systema Naturae
(originally in Latin written with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy.
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Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.
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Viktor von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen
Viktor von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen (28 December 1847 – 5 March 1924) was an Austrian ornithologist.
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Xinjiang
Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia.
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Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.
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10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.
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See also
Coracias
- Abyssinian roller
- Blue-bellied roller
- Coracias
- European roller
- Purple-winged roller
- Racket-tailed roller
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_roller
Also known as Blue Roller, Common Roller, Coracias Garrulus, Eastern European Roller, Eurasian Roller, Kashmir Roller, Western European Roller.