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Blue-throated Roller

Eurystomus gularis Vieillot, 1819

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eurystomus gularis Vieillot, 1819
Name authority
Vieillot, 1819
Common name
Blue-throated Roller
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Coraciidae
Genus
Eurystomus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderCoraciiformes
  10. familyCoraciidae
  11. genusEurystomus Vieillot, 1816
  12. speciesEurystomus gularis Vieillot, 1819

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eurystomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Azure DollarbirdEurystomus azureus G. R. Gray, 1861CoraciidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)CoraciidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dollar BirdEurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766)CoraciidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 12 records assigned to Coraciidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554527 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3D6VH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.