Purple Roller (Eurystomus azureus)

Other Names (World)
Azure Dollarbird, Purple Dollarbird, Purple Roller(!), Azure Roller

Family
Coraciidae (Rollers)

Size
31 - 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1860

Habitat
Primary lowland and foothill-forest, including edges and selectively logged areas, occasionally in adjacent coconut groves. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Bacan (northern Moluccas).

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss through clearance and fragmentation of forest, increased settlement and transmigration, conversion to agriculture, plantations, irrigation schemes, fuelwood-collection and mineral extraction, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Azure Dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus) [XC533452]
by Frank Lambert from Weda, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia (call)

Azure Dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus) [XC201920]
by Mike Nelson from Bacan, northern lowlands northeast of Mt Sibela, North Maluku, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), with which has sometimes been treated as conspecific. A breeding record of Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) from Loloda Is (off north-western Halmahera) provides additional support for their treatment as two separate species.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) which is smaller with brownish head and mantle, greenish-blue wings and underparts.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Purple Roller (Eurystomus azureus) - 10 files

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