Broad-billed roller | |
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Nominate race in Madagascar (above) E. g. suahelicus in South Africa (below) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Coraciidae |
Genus: | Eurystomus |
Species: | E. glaucurus
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Binomial name | |
Eurystomus glaucurus (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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native range
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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. It is a wet season breeder, which migrates from the northern and southern areas of its range towards the moister equatorial belt in the dry season.