English: Ijsvogels.
Name: from the Latin "corax", meaning "raven".
Clades:
Afroaves;
Aves;
Animals.
Members: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Motmots, Todies.
ZoologyCoraciiformes are usually colorful birds including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, the rollers, the motmots, and the todies. They generally have syndactyly, with three forward-pointing toes and toes 3 & 4 fused at their base, though in many kingfishers one of these is missing.
Region: largely an Old World order,limited in the New World
FamiliesMeropidae: bee-eaters
Coraciidae: rollers
Brachypteraciidae: ground rollers
Todidae: todies
Momotidae: motmots
Alcedinidae: kingfishers