Dollar Birds - help please

Cayley (1968) says that it was also called 'Star-wing', which is lovely.

        ('Also called Broad-billed Roller '-- 'Roller from its habit of somersaulting in mid-air.' Its scientific name, Eurystomus orientalis, comes, according to Cayley, from the Greek, 'eurys', wide, 'stoma', mouth; and from the Latin, 'orientalis', eastern == Eastern Wide-mouth!)

        Cayley gives no date for 'Dollarbird', so I guess you'd need to look at the date for the ?American silver dollar.

Judith

> I'm
> wondering if any of you can help me please.
>  
> When did the
> Broad-billed Roller (presumably its original name?) become the
> Dollarbird? and does anyone know who/how it was
> renamed?
>  
> I assume the
> change to metric currency influenced the name change and would be
> interested in hearing any background on this
>  
> Many
> thanks
> Bob

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