Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
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Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis) [XC719148]
by Peter Boesman from Kakum National Park, Ghana (call)

Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis) [XC295700]
by James Lidster from Budongo Forest, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Has been treated as forming a superspecies with Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus), the two being very similar morphologically and behaviourally. Subspecies intergrade in south-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

gularis Vieillot, 1819 - Guinea to south-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon.
neglectus Neumann, 1908 - South-eastern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to central Uganda, and south to north-western Angola.

References
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Files:

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