Rollers (Coraciidae)
Cinnamon Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus) - HBW 6, p. 375
French: Rolle violet
German: Zimtroller
Spanish: Carraca Picogorda
Other common names: (African) Broad-billed Roller
Taxonomy: Coracias glaucurus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Madagascar.
Has been treated as forming a superspecies with E. gularis, the two being very similar in morphology and behaviour; range of present species, however, subsumes that of E. gularis, and both are probably better considered as independent species. Race suahelicus intergrades with afer and aethiopicus in N of its range; aethiopicus sometimes merged with afer or split between that race and suahelicus. Birds from C & S Uganda sometimes separated as rufobuccalis; populations from Angola to Mozambique and Natal, averaging slightly shor.. View all taxonomy...
Has been treated as forming a superspecies with E. gularis, the two being very similar in morphology and behaviour; range of present species, however, subsumes that of E. gularis, and both are probably better considered as independent species. Race suahelicus intergrades with afer and aethiopicus in N of its range; aethiopicus sometimes merged with afer or split between that race and suahelicus. Birds from C & S Uganda sometimes separated as rufobuccalis; populations from Angola to Mozambique and Natal, averaging slightly shorter-winged than suahelicus, sometimes separated as pulcherrimus. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- afer (Latham, 1790) - Senegal E to C Sudan, S to Cabinda (N Angola) and W Kenya.
- aethiopicus Neumann, 1905 - SE Sudan, Ethiopia, NE Uganda and NW Kenya.
- suahelicus Neumann, 1905 - S Somalia S to Angola, Botswana, E Transvaal and Zululand; Zanzibar and Pemba.
- glaucurus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - Madagascar; migrates to E & EC Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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perching in the top Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp afer)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 43 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, looking around and preening Locality Entebbe, Uganda (ssp suahelicus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 September 2006 4 years ago 40 sec 4.1 -
Preening Locality Benin (ssp afer)
Alain Fossé 4 February 2010 1 year ago 16 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp suahelicus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 4 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
A dorsal view of a bird on a wire Locality Entebbe, Uganda (ssp suahelicus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 September 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 3.4 -
A bird perched in a tree Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp suahelicus)
Brooke Clibbon 11 December 2002 5 years ago 7 sec 3.2
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One bird perched on a branch.
Locality Ampijoroa Forest Station, Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp glaucurus)
Nick Athanas 31 October 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Bird on electricity line
Locality Kotu Sewage Ponds, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp afer)
Photo-ay 21 February 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Bird on a branch
Locality Liwonde National Park, Southern Region, Malawi (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 4 November 2007 4 weeks ago 3.5 -
lateral view of a perched bird.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp suahelicus)
Fran Trabalon 27 October 2008 32 weeks ago 3.4 -
La carraca picogorda (Eurystomus glaucurus) es la carraca más pequeña de las 5 que podemos encontrar en Gambia
Locality River Gambia National Park, Central River Division, The Gambia
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 1 year ago 3 -
Perched in tree
Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 28 February 2010 1 year ago 2.8
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Near Nyawutsi Hide, south of Shingwedzi. 8:01am.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp suahelicus)
Charles Hesse 24 December 2009 1 year ago 3
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