Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)

Other Names (World)
Purple Roller, Rufous-crowned Roller

Family
Coraciidae (Rollers)

Size
35 cm

First Described (Guide)
Daudin, 1800

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Djibouti, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Yemen.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Purple Roller (Coracias) [XC691819]
by Derek Solomon from Modou's Bunting Place, Gambia (song)

Purple Roller (Coracias naevius) [XC504020]
by id from At the gate to Awash National Park, Ethiopia (?)

Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. No obvious close allies. Species name frequently given as feminine, naevia, as in original description, but genus is masculine. Original spelling of species name actually appears to be "noevia", but appearance of diphthongs varies with original typescripts, and evidence from this same work indicates author's intended name to have been "naevia".

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

naevius Daudin, 1800 - Senegal east to Somalia, and south to Tanzania.
mosambicus Dresser, 1890 - Angola and Namibia east to Zambia, southern Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa (northern Natal).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Purple Roller (Coracias naevius) - 10 files

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