Azure Roller / Eurystomus azureus
Azure Roller
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eurystomus azureus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1860) (1860), Pt(28)3 p.346
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Coraciidae / Eurystomus
Taxonomy Code: purrol1
Type Locality: Batjan.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
EURYSTOMUS
(Coraciidae; Ϯ Oriental Dollarbird E. orientalis) Gr. ευρυστομος eurustomos wide-mouthed < ευρυς eurus wide; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth; "101. ROLLE, Eurystomus. Coracias, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec glabre et très-déprimé à la base, épais, convexe en dessus, courbé à la pointe. — Bouche très-ample. — Narines linéaires obliques. Esp. Rolle des Indes, Buff. ... Eurystomus [ευρυστομος, latum os habens]." (Vieillot 1816); "Eurystomus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 37. Type, by monotypy, Rolle des Indes, Buffon = Coracias orientalis Linné." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 244).
Var. Euristomus, Eurytomus.
Synon. Colaris, Cornopio, Hirundolanius.
• (Coraciidae; syn. Eurystomus † Broad-billed Roller E. glaucurus) "88. COLARIS, Cuv. — 211. orientalis, L. ... 89. EURYSTOMUS, Vieill. — 214. madagascariensis, Gm. (violaceus, Vieill.) — 215. gularis, Vieill. — 216. purpurascens. Vieill. — 217. afer, Lath. (viridis, Wagl. jun.)" (Bonaparte, 1854); "Eurystomus "Vieill." Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 7 (not of Vieillot, 1816). Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 135 (Appendix)), Coracias madagascariensis Gmelin, 1788 = Coracias glaucurus Statius Müller, 1776." (JAJ 2021).
azureus
Med. L. azureus azure-blue < azura lapis lazuli.
● ex “Azure Kingfisher” of Latham 1801 (Ceyx).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)