Rollers (Coraciidae)

Azure Roller (Eurystomus azureus) - HBW 6, p. 376

French: Rolle azuré German: Azurroller Spanish: Carraca Moluqueña
Other common names: Purple Roller(!)/Dollarbird

Taxonomy: Eurystomus azureus G. R. Gray, 1860, Bacan.
Forms a superspecies with E. orientalis, with which has sometimes been treated as conspecific; breeding record of E . orientalis from Loloda Is (off NW Halmahera) provides additional support for their treatment as two separate species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Bacan (N Moluccas).