Blue-throated Roller / Eurystomus gularis
Blue-throated Roller
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eurystomus gularis Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 29 p.426
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Coraciidae / Eurystomus
Taxonomy Code: bltrol1
Type Locality: 'Australasie,'' error = Senegal.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1819
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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).
gulare / gularis
Mod. L. gularis of the throat, -throated, gular < L. gula throat.
● ex “Coucou Vulgaire d’Afrique” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 200 (Cuculus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à gorge blanche” of Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (syn. Eopsaltria griseogularis).
● ex “Petit Rolle Violet à Gorge Bleue” of Levaillant 1806 (Eurystomus).
● ex “Cardinal d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Paroaria).
● ex “Colombi-Caille” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 283, and Columba hottentotta Temminck, 1813 (artefact).
SUBSPECIES
Blue-throated Roller (gularis)
SCI Name: Eurystomus gularis gularis
gulare / gularis
Mod. L. gularis of the throat, -throated, gular < L. gula throat.
● ex “Coucou Vulgaire d’Afrique” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 200 (Cuculus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à gorge blanche” of Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (syn. Eopsaltria griseogularis).
● ex “Petit Rolle Violet à Gorge Bleue” of Levaillant 1806 (Eurystomus).
● ex “Cardinal d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Paroaria).
● ex “Colombi-Caille” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 283, and Columba hottentotta Temminck, 1813 (artefact).
Blue-throated Roller (neglectus)
SCI Name: Eurystomus gularis neglectus
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
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)