Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Lake Nakuru • Oct 2009

Bird name: Rufous Crowned Roller
Latin: Coracias naevia
Other: Purple Roller
Family: Coraciidae • Rollers

The Rufous-crowned Roller lives in sub-Saharan Africa. These photos were taken by André near Lake Nakuru in Kenya.More photos...

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Serengeti • Oct 2009

Bird name: Lilac Breasted Roller
Latin: Coracias caudatus
Other:
Family: Coraciidae • Rollers

Great photos from André of the colourful Lilac-breasted Roller, which is found in sub-Saharan Africa and the Arabian Peninsular. These photos were taken in the Serengeti, in Tanzania.

There are 11 species of Roller in the Old World, three of them now featured on this site!More photos...

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: European Roller
Latin: Coracias garrulus
Other: Rollier d'Europe
Family: Coracidae • Rollers

This is the only Roller to live in Europe. A beautiful, very visible bird, in the same order as the kingfishers and hoopoes.

I saw quite a few, perched in ones and two, high in trees overlooking waterways in the Delta.More photos...

090 Coraciidae - Rollers - IOC 2.5 2010

Coracias naevius - Purple Roller - Africa Widespread - see name on link
Coracias benghalensis - Indian Roller - E Iraq through Southeast Asia
Coracias temminckii - Purple-winged Roller - Sulawesi
Coracias spatulatus - Racket-tailed Roller - SE, SC Africa
Coracias caudatus - Lilac-breasted Roller - E, SE, SC Africa
Coracias abyssinicus - Abyssinian Roller - NE, C, W Africa
Coracias garrulus - European Roller - W, C Europe, Africa
Coracias cyanogaster - Blue-bellied Roller - C, W Africa

Eurystomus gularis - Blue-throated Roller - C, W Africa
Eurystomus glaucurus - Broad-billed Roller - Widespread Africa
Eurystomus orientalis - Oriental Dollarbird - E Asia & Southeast Asia to E Australia
Eurystomus azureus - Azure Dollarbird - N Moluccas