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The Coraciiformes / k ɒ r ə ˈ s aɪ. ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are a group of usually colourful birds including the kingfishers , the bee-eaters , the rollers , the motmots , and the todies . They generally have syndactyly , with three forward-pointing toes (and toes 3 & 4 fused at their base), though in many kingfishers one of these is missing.
It is one of six families in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the motmots, bee-eaters, todies, ground rollers, and kingfishers. The family gets its scientific name for Latin coracium, "like a raven", and the English name "roller" from the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. [4]
This is a list of Coraciiformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.
Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species living in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, but also can be found in Europe and the Americas. They can be found in deep forests near calm ponds and ...
However their Coraciimorphae only contains Trogoniformes and Coraciiformes. Coraciimorphae was defined in the PhyloCode by George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 as "the least inclusive crown clade containing Colius colius and Picus viridis , but not Accipiter nisus or Passer domesticus ".
The motmots or Momotidae are a family of birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. All extant motmots are restricted to woodland or forests in the Neotropics, and the largest are in Central America. They have a colourful plumage and a relatively heavy bill.
Septencoracias is an extinct genus of bird related to modern rollers and other Coraciiformes such as kingfishers, bee-eaters, motmots, and todies.It contains two species, Septencoracias morsensis described in 2016, [2] and S. simillimus, which was named in 2024. [1]
Coraciiformes stubs (87 P) Pages in category "Coraciiformes" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...