Typical Rollers
Coracias
Coracias is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of near passerine birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups, blues and browns predominating. The two outer front toes are connected, but not the inner one.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
European Roller
speciesCoracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted Roller
speciesCoracias caudatus
Indian Roller
speciesCoracias benghalensis
Indochinese Roller
speciesCoracias affinis
Purple Roller
speciesCoracias naevius
Abyssinian Roller
speciesCoracias abyssinicus
Blue-bellied Roller
speciesCoracias cyanogaster
Racket-tailed Roller
speciesCoracias spatulatus
Purple-winged Roller
speciesCoracias temminckii
Indian × Indochinese Roller
hybridCoracias benghalensis × affinis
Coracias abyssinicus × caudatus
hybridCoracias abyssinicus × caudatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2263.