🦋 Family

Coraciidae

12 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Coraciiformes › Coraciidae

Coracias cyanogaster, the blue-bellied roller, is a large, colorful African bird that feeds on large insects and nests in tree cavities.

Coracias abyssinicus, the Abyssinian roller, is a large blue-and-brown African bird that hunts insects and small vertebrates.

Coracias garrulus, the European roller, is a long-distance migratory bird that inhabits warm open landscapes and preys on small animals.

Coracias caudatus, the lilac-breasted roller, is a colorful African bird with two distinct subspecies.

Coracias spatulatus, the racket-tailed roller, is a distinctive African roller named for its unique paddle-tipped tail streamers.

Coracias temminckii, the purple-winged roller, is a jay-sized bird with distinct blue plumage and similar sexes.

Coracias naevius, the purple roller, is the largest roller, a territorial African bird that hunts ground prey in dry thornveld.

Coracias affinis, the Indochinese roller, is a stocky colored bird found from eastern India to Southeast Asia.

The Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) is a widely distributed Asian bird known for its acrobatic flight.

Eurystomus gularis, the blue-throated roller, is a dark sub-Saharan African roller that hunts flying insects in forest canopies.

Eurystomus glaucurus, the broad-billed roller, is an African bird that feeds on swarming ants and termites.

Eurystomus orientalis, the oriental dollarbird, is a blue-marked insect-eating roller ranging from Australia to Japan and India.

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