WoRMS taxon details
Coracias caudatus Linnaeus, 1766
AphiaID: 212742
AphiaID: 212742
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Coraciiformes (Order) > Coraciidae (Family) > Coracias (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Coracias | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] basis of record: Fry, C.H., S. Keith & E.K. Urban (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Distribution | Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 43 proteins) To IUCN Red List | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Length: 32-36 cm. Plumage: above, back light brown, rump purplish blue; deeply forked tail greenish cobalt blue; wing brown with dark purplish blue and black flight feathers and bright blue patch at contrasting with dark wingtips; crown and nape blue-green; below azure blue with breast and throat lilac except in subsp. lorti which has a greenish-blue breast; Immature duller than adult with shorter outer rectrices. Bare parts: iris brown; bill black; feet and legs olive or greenish-yellow. Habitat:coastal creeks; mainly savannah, open woodland and cultivation. Resident. <390><391><393> [details] Remark: Forms a superspecies with C. abyssinica and C. garrulus [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212742 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Coracias caudatus Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212742 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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