Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

UrbanCavity nestMedium · 157 g

Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) SkippingShoe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) timboucher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Indochinese Roller sounds like

Sonogram of the Indochinese Roller: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Sachin Ranade · Rani, India · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

It is a stocky bird. The crown and vent are blue. The primaries are deep purplish blue with a band of pale blue. The tail is sky blue with a terminal band of Prussian blue and the central feathers are dull green. The neck and throat are purplish lilac with white shaft streaks. The bare patch around the eye is ochre in colour. The three forward toes are united at the base. Rollers have a long and compressed bill with a curved upper edge and a hooked tip. The nostril is long and exposed and there are long rictal bristles at the base of the bill.

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When to see the Indochinese Roller

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Indochinese Roller

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Thailand India Cambodia Vietnam Myanmar (Burma) Bhutan Laos Malaysia Nepal China Bangladesh

About the Indochinese Roller

The Indochinese roller or Burmese roller, is a member of the roller bird family. It occurs widely from Nepal, eastern India to Myanmar and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Purple RollerCoracias naeviusThe purple roller is the largest of the rollers, growing to a length of 35 to 40 cm (14 to 16 in).

Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicusThe Abyssinian roller is a large bird, nearly the size of a jackdaw at 28–30 cm (11–12 in).

Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogasterThe blue-bellied roller is a large bird, nearly the size of a jackdaw at 28–30 cm (11–12 in).

Side by side: Indian Roller vs Indochinese Roller · European Roller vs Indochinese Roller · Indochinese Roller vs Lilac-breasted Roller · Indochinese Roller vs Purple Roller · Abyssinian Roller vs Indochinese Roller · Blue-bellied Roller vs Indochinese Roller

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