About Coracias affinis Horsfield, 1840
Coracias affinis Horsfield, 1820, commonly known as the Indochinese roller, is a stocky bird species. Its crown and vent are blue, while the primaries are deep purplish blue marked with a pale blue band. The tail is sky blue with a terminal Prussian blue band, and its central tail feathers are dull green. The neck and throat are purplish lilac and feature white shaft streaks. The bare patch of skin surrounding the eye is ochre in color. Three of its forward-pointing toes are joined together at the base. Like other rollers, this species has a long, compressed bill with a curved upper edge and a hooked tip. Its nostril is long and exposed, and long rictal bristles grow at the base of the bill. The face and breast are purplish brown and unstreaked, and its underwing coverts are a deep shade of blue. This species is distributed across Asia, ranging from eastern India into Southeast Asia.
