Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Rollers

CORACIIFORMES

Coraciidae

Coracias garrulus
Open areas with scattered trees, pastures, farmlands, open woodland, orchards, towns.
From sw,e Europe n to Iberian Pen, se France, Italy, Germany and s Finland, e across c,s Russia to Kirghiz steppes and Turkestan, sw
Siberia and w China, and s to nw Africa from Morocco to Tunisia, n Mediterranean region, Turkey, Near and Middle East to Afghanistan,
w,n Pakistan and n India in Kashmir.
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Coracias Gr. korakias [korax] (un corvo)
garrulus L. garrulus [garrire] (chiaccherare)

Coracias abyssinica
Savanna, open woodland, farmlands, towns.
From sw Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone e through w Africa to Cameroon, C. African Rep., s Egypt, Sudan, ne Zaire, n Uganda, Ethiopia, n Kenya, s Somalia and sw Arabia.
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             - abyssinica, arabo: habish (Abissinia = Etiopia)
                   termine coniato nel 1939 dall' arabo habish
                         (miscuglio di religioni e popolazioni)
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Coracias benghalensis
Open country, woodland, farmlands, towns.
Lowlands and mts. to 3700 m from e Arabia, s Iraq, s Iran, Pakistan and n,c India; lowlands to 1000 m of pen. India; lowlands to 1500 m from e India, Burma and sw,sc China s through Thailand and Indochina to c Malaya; ranges to Laccadive and Maldive islands.
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-benghalensis bangala (Bengala, India)

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Eurystomus glaucurus
Savanna, woodland, forest edge.
From s Mali, Senegambia Burkina Faso and Guinea e across s Niger,
s Chad and s Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea and s Somalia, and s (except forested w,c) to ne Namibia, n Botswana, Zimbabwe and e S. Africa. Lowlands to 1200 m of Madagascar, Comoro Is. and Mascarene Is. Recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Mauritania and Djibouti.
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