Text extracted from Gill B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edition. Wellington, Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Pages 272 & 274.

Order : , Bee-eaters, Rollers and Allies Suborder CORACII: Rollers and Allies Family Rafinesque: Rollers Coracinia Rafinesque, 1815: Analyse de la Nature: 67 – Type Linnaeus, 1758.

Genus Vieillot Eurystomus Vieillot, 1816: Analyse Nouv. Ornith. Elem.: 37 – Type (by monotypy) Coracias orientalis Linnaeus = Eurystomus orientalis orientalis (Linnaeus). Hirundolanius Buller, 1882: Man. Birds of N.Z.: 7 – Type species (by monotypy) Hirundolanius coeruleus Buller = Eurystomus orientalis pacificus (Latham).

Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus) Dollarbird Coracias orientalis Linnaeus, 1766: Syst. Nat., 12th edition 1: 159 – “India orientali” = Java, Indonesia (fide Schodde 1997, Zool. Cat. Australia 37.2: 386).

Asia and Australasia. Resident, nomadic or migratory. Ten subspecies. Also called the eastern broad- billed roller.

Eurystomus orientalis pacificus (Latham) Dollarbird Coracias pacifica Latham, 1802: Index Ornith. Suppl.: xxvii – “Nova Hollandia”, restricted to Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia (fide Schodde 1997, Zool. Cat. Australia 37.2: 387). Eurystomus Australis Swainson, 1838: Cabinet Cyclopaedia 98: 326 – “New Holland”, restricted to New South Wales, Australia (fide Schodde 1997, Zool. Cat. Australia 37.2: 387). Hirundolanius coeruleus Buller, 1882: Man. Birds of N.Z.: 7 – Westport. Eurystomus pacificus (Latham); Buller 1888, History of the Birds of N.Z., 2nd edition 1: 118. Eurystomus australis Swainson; Buller 1905, Suppl. Birds N.Z. 1: 96. Eurystomus orientalis pacificus (Latham); Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th ser.): 428. Eurystomus orientalis; Stidolph 1927, Emu 26: 218. Not Coracias orientalis Linnaeus, 1766.

Breeds in north and east Australia. Migrates at the end of summer to Indonesia and New Guinea. Straggler to New Zealand (e.g. Brathwaite 1956, Barlow 1967, Clunie 1971): many records since 1882, mostly of young birds, singly or in small groups, usually between Dec. and May (the time of the northward migration). Irregular migrant on Norfolk Island (Schodde et al. 1983).