- Oriental Dollarbird
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Oriental Dollarbird 
Adult Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: Coraciidae Genus: Eurystomus Species: E. orientalis Binomial name Eurystomus orientalis
Linnaeus, 1766
The Australian Distribution of the Dollarbird
Note that this species is found out of AustraliaSynonyms - Eurystomus solomonensis
The Oriental Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), also known as the Dollar Roller, is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.
It has a length of up to 30 cm, and can be found in east Asia from northern Australia to the Japan archipelago. The bird is an insectivore with a love of beetles and often catches prey whilst flying. The young birds have a darker beak which becomes more orange as it becomes mature.
It is most commonly seen as a single bird with a distinctive upright silhouette on a bare branch high in a tree, from which it hawks for insects, returning to the same perch after a few seconds.
Subspecies E. o. solomonensis (front), illustration by Keulemans, 1892
Two Dollarbirds, Rush Creek, SE Queensland, AustraliaVarious views and plumages
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at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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Singing at Miami MetroZoo, USA
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Eurystomus orientalis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
External links
Media related to Eurystomus orientalis at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Migratory birds (Eastern hemisphere)
- Eurystomus
- Birds of Australia
- Birds of Japan
- Birds of Asia
- Birds of Southeast Asia
- Birds of Bangladesh
- Birds of Brunei
- Birds of Bhutan
- Birds of Cambodia
- Birds of China
- Birds of India
- Birds of Hong Kong
- Birds of Indonesia
- Birds of Laos
- Birds of Malaysia
- Birds of Burma
- Birds of Nepal
- Birds of North Korea
- Birds of Papua New Guinea
- Birds of the Philippines
- Birds of Russia
- Birds of Singapore
- Birds of the Solomon Islands
- Birds of South Korea
- Birds of Sri Lanka
- Birds of Taiwan
- Birds of Thailand
- Birds of Vietnam
- Coraciiformes stubs
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