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Wingspan error in BWP[edit]

Cramp 1985 gives the wingspan of the European roller as 66–73 cm.^[1] The concise edition edited by Snow and Perrins repeats these dimensions.^[2]

I believe this is an error - the wingspan should be much smaller. Cramp suggests the roller is of similar size to the Eurasian jay - for which he gives a wingspan of 52–58 cm.^[3] The Collins Bird Guide gives the wingspan of the European roller as 52–57.5 cm.^[4]

-Aa77zz (talk) 11:10, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Cramp, Stanley, ed. (1985). "Coracias garrulus Roller". Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. Volume IV: Terns to Woodpeckers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 764. ISBN 978-0-19-857507-8. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Snow, D.W.; Perrins, C.M., eds. (1998). "Roller Coracias garrulus". The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Concise Edition, Volume 1. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 970. ISBN 978-0-19-850188-6.
^ Cramp, Stanley; et al., eds. (1994). "Garrulus glandarius Jay". Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. Volume VIII: Crows to Finches. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-19-854679-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Svensson, Lars; Mullarney, Killian; Zetterström, Dan (2009). Collins Bird Guide (2nd ed.). London: HarperCollins. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-00-726814-6.

[1] Cramp, Stanley, ed. (1985). "Coracias garrulus Roller". Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. Volume IV: Terns to Woodpeckers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 764. ISBN 978-0-19-857507-8. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[2] Snow, D.W.; Perrins, C.M., eds. (1998). "Roller Coracias garrulus". The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Concise Edition, Volume 1. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 970. ISBN 978-0-19-850188-6.

[3] Cramp, Stanley; et al., eds. (1994). "Garrulus glandarius Jay". Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. Volume VIII: Crows to Finches. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-19-854679-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[4] Svensson, Lars; Mullarney, Killian; Zetterström, Dan (2009). Collins Bird Guide (2nd ed.). London: HarperCollins. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-00-726814-6.

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