Purple Roller / Coracias naevius
Purple Roller bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Rufous crowned Roller, Rufous-crowned Roller |
Old latin name for bird | Coracias naevia, Coracias noevia, Coracias noevius |
Order | Kingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes |
Family | Rollers / Coraciidae |
Genus | Coracias |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | widespread |
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Related species

Racket-tailed Roller

Purple-winged Roller

Blue-bellied Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Indochinese Roller

Indian Roller

European Roller

Abyssinian Roller
Where to see Purple Roller
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Purple Roller subspecies (2)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Coracias naevius mosambicus | Angola and s DR Congo to Namibia and South Africa | - | No |
Coracias naevius naevius | Senegal and Gambia to Somalia and n Tanzania | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Groottroupant |
Bulgarian | Червеноглава синявица |
Catalan | gaig blau porprat |
Chinese | 棕顶佛法僧 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 棕頂佛法僧 |
Croatian | prugasta zlatovrana |
Czech | mandelík nachový, mandelík čárkovaný |
Danish | Blåvinget Ellekrage |
Dutch | Roodkruinscharrelaar |
Esperanto | Rufverta koracio, Ruĝkapa koracio |
Estonian | suur-siniraag |
Finnish | Viirusäihkynärhi, viirusininärhi |
French | Rollier varié |
Frisian | Pearse rôlder |
Galician | Rolieiro de sobrancellas brancas |
German | Strichel-Racke, Strichelracke |
Hungarian | zöldhátú szalakóta |
Icelandic | Fölhrani |
Irish | Iomlascóir ruachorónta |
Italian | Ghiandaia marina caporossiccio, Ghiandaia marina corona rossiccia |
Japanese | チャガシラニシブッポウソウ |
Latvian | Svītrainā zilvārna |
Lithuanian | rusvakepuris žalvarnis, Rausvasis žalvarnis |
Northern Sami | Čarggeguovssat |
Norwegian | striperåke, Striperåke |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Striperåke |
Polish | kraska kreskowana |
Portuguese | rolieiro-de-sobrancelha-branca, rolieiro-de-sobrancelhas-brancas |
Romanian | Dumbrăveancă roşie |
Russian | Рыжешапочная сизоворонка, Рыжая сизоворонка |
Serbian | Modrovrana riđeg temena, Prugasta modrovrana |
Shona | Gatawa |
Slovak | krakľa pestrá, krakľa purpurovokrídla |
Slovenian | progasta zlatovranka |
Spanish | Carraca Coronada, Carraca coroniparda |
Swahili | Kambu Kichwa-marungi |
Swedish | fläckblåkråka |
Tsonga | Vhevhe |
Tswana | Letlêrêtlêrê |
Turkish | Ak Kaşlı Gökkuzgun, yeşil sırtlı gökkuzgun, Yeşil-sırtlı Gökkuzgun |
Ukrainian | сиворакша білоброва |
Welsh | Rholydd porffor |