Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)

Other Scientific Names
Coracias caudata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Coracias caudata [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)], Coracias caudata [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Lilac-breasted Roller, Lilac-throated Roller (lorti)

Family
Coraciidae (Rollers)

Size
40 cm

First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1766

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Eritrea, Oman.

From Ethiopia through eastern Africa and Angola into northern South Africa.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (57)...)

Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) [XC201389]
by Rolf A. de By from Manyoni, Singida, Tanzania (call)

Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) [XC439393]
by isaac kilusu from Babati, Manyara Region, Tanzania (call)

Nest
A cavity in a dead tree or termite mound, up to 3 - 5 m above the ground.

Subspecies
Often regarded as forming a superspecies with Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus) and European Roller (Coracias garrulus), though probably more closely allied to Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

lorti Shelley, 1885 - Eritrea south to Somalia and north-eastern Kenya.
caudatus Linnaeus, 1766 - Angola east to central and eastern Kenya, south to Namibia and northern South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) - 10 files

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