Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)

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

Family
Coraciidae (Rollers)

Size
45 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hermann, 1783

Range (Guide)

Benin, 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, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Somalia.

Senegal to eastern Ethiopia, north to Sahara, and south to edge of rainforest zone; occasionally into desert, north to coastal north-western Mauritania (Nouadhibou) and north-central Sudan (Khartoum); also south-western Arabia (has nested at least in southern Yemen).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus) [XC157414]
by George Vlad from Niwadji, Extreme North, Cameroon (call)

Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus) [XC523680]
by id from Ille de Jata, Guinea-Bissau (alarm call)

Subspecies
Often regarded as forming a superspecies with Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) and European Roller (Coracias garrulus), though probably more closely allied to Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus). May be closely related to Racquet-tailed Roller (Coracias spatulatus). Species name frequently given as feminine, abyssinica, as in original description, but genus is masculine.

No subspecies.

References
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Files:

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