Azure dollarbird

The azure dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus) also known as the azure roller, purple dollarbird or purple roller, is a species of bird in the family Coraciidae. It is endemic to North Maluku in Indonesia. Formerly, some authorities considered the azure dollarbird to be a subspecies of the oriental dollarbird.

Azure dollarbird
Azure dollarbird (behind and facing left)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Coraciidae
Genus: Eurystomus
Species:
E. azureus
Binomial name
Eurystomus azureus
Synonyms
  • Eurystomus orientalis azureus

A molecular phylogenetic study by Ulf Johansson and collaborators published in 2018 found that the azure dollarbird was nested in a clade containing subspecies of the Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis).[2]

Habitat

The azure dollarbird's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and plantations. It is negatively affected by habitat loss. For some time, it was assumed to be decreasing in numbers quite rapidly and it was uplisted to Vulnerable in the 2000 IUCN Red List. However, more recently it was determined to be—although still declining—more common than previously believed and thus it has now been downlisted to Near Threatened in 2007.[3]

Footnotes
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Eurystomus azureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22682926A117000326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22682926A117000326.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Johansson, U.S.; Irestedt, M.; Qu, Y.; Ericson, P. G. P. (2018). "Phylogenetic relationships of rollers (Coraciidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and fifteen nuclear genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126: 17–22. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.030.
  3. See BirdLife International (2004, 2007a,b).

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