Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus Linnaeus, 1766

110 gWeight

The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae.

Busiest months: July–August and November · Most records: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: July–August and November · Most records: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania

Lilac-breasted Roller has been recorded at 335 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 19 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Tarangire NPTanzania1,567 records
Lake Nakuru NPKenya1,313 records
Maasai Mara NR – Mara TriangleKenya868 records

More places

Serengeti NPTanzania859 records
Amboseli NPKenya763 records
Lake Mburo NPUganda754 records
Maasai Mara NRKenya704 records
Samburu NRKenya582 records
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro CraterTanzania523 records
Serengeti NP – SeroneraTanzania475 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Kenya South Africa Tanzania Botswana Namibia Zambia Uganda Mozambique

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places.

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