Purple Roller
Coracias naeviusDaudin, FM, 1800
English (US) Purple Roller
The Purple Roller (Coracias naevius) 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 naevius
- Family
- Coraciidae (Rollers)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple Roller
- Described by
- Daudin, FM, 1800
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Coracias naevius naevius
- Coracias naevius mosambicus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracias noevia
- Described by
- Daudin, FM, 1800
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2 p.258
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
Indian Roller
Coracias benghalensis
Purple-winged Roller
Coracias temminckii
Indochinese Roller
Coracias affinis
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicus
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
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