Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatusLinnaeus, C, 1766
English (US) Lilac-breasted Roller
The Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Coraciidae (Rollers) in the order Coraciiformes.
- Scientific name
- Coracias caudatus
- Family
- Coraciidae (Rollers)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Coracias caudatus lorti
- Coracias caudatus caudatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracias caudata
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
- Type locality
- Angola.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.160
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Rollers
Blue-throated Roller
Eurystomus gularis
Broad-billed Roller
Eurystomus glaucurus
Azure Dollarbird
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Oriental Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
Blue-bellied Roller
Coracias cyanogaster
Racket-tailed Roller
Coracias spatulatus
Purple Roller
Coracias naevius
Indian Roller
Coracias benghalensis
Purple-winged Roller
Coracias temminckii
Indochinese Roller
Coracias affinis
Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicus
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
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