Purple-winged Roller
Coracias temminckii(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Purple-winged Roller
The Purple-winged Roller (Coracias temminckii) 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.
Range: Sulawesi region, including Lembeh, Bangka, and Manterawu (off northeast), and Muna and Buton islands (off southeast)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coracias temminckii
- Family
- Coraciidae (Rollers)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-winged Roller
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Garrulus Temminckii
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- India = Celebes.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 29 p.435
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
Indochinese Roller
Coracias affinis
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicus
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
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