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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]
^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.
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^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.
ISBN978-0-19-850188-6.
^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.
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^Svensson, Lars; Mullarney, Killian; Zetterström, Dan (2009). Collins Bird Guide (2nd ed.). London: HarperCollins. p. 240.
ISBN978-0-00-726814-6.