Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis) [XC100527]
by Phil Gregory from Kribi, Cameroon (song)
Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis) [XC351905]
by Martin St-Michel from Ankasa NR, Ghana (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.