Purple Roller / Coracias naevius LC
- Synonyms Rufous-crowned Roller, Rufous crowned Roller
- Old latin name for bird Coracias noevius, Coracias naevia, Coracias noevia
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Where to see Purple Roller
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| 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 čárkovaný, Mandelík nachový |
| Danish | Blåvinget Ellekrage |
| Dutch | Roodkruinscharrelaar |
| Esperanto | Ruĝkapa koracio, Rufverta 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 corona rossiccia, Ghiandaia marina caporossiccio |
| 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 |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Striperåke |
| Polish | kraska kreskowana |
| Portuguese | rolieiro-de-sobrancelhas-brancas |
| Romanian | Dumbrăveancă roşie |
| Russian | Рыжешапочная сизоворонка, Рыжая сизоворонка |
| Serbian | Prugasta modrovrana, Modrovrana riđeg temena |
| Shona | Gatawa |
| Slovak | krakľa purpurovokrídla, krakľa pestrá |
| Slovenian | progasta zlatovranka |
| Spanish | Carraca coroniparda, Carraca Coronada |
| 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 |