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Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus
Family
Rollers
Order
Coraciiformes
Codes
librol2, LBRO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyRollers (Coraciidae)
SpeciesCoracias caudatus
Codeslibrol2, LBRO
Identification

The Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) is a member of the Rollers family within the order Coraciiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code librol2 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

Related Species in Rollers
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicus
Racket-tailed Roller
Coracias spatulatus
Purple Roller
Coracias naevius
Indian Roller
Coracias benghalensis
Indochinese Roller
Coracias affinis
Lilac-breasted Roller photo
(c) Dave Govoni, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Coracias caudatus

Family: Rollers

Order: Coraciiformes

eBird Code: librol2