Rollers (Coraciidae)
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) - HBW 6, p. 371
French: Rollier indien
German: Hinduracke
Spanish: Carraca India
Other common names: Blue Jay(!)
Taxonomy: Corvus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758, Bengal (= Madras).
Most closely allied congener is perhaps C. caudatus. May be closely related to C. temminckii. Race affinis sometimes given full species status, but intergrades with nominate race. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Iraq and SE Arabia through N Pakistan and E to Bangladesh, S to Maharashtra.
- indicus Linnaeus, 1766 - C India (from S Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh) S to Sri Lanka.
- affinis McClelland, 1840 - NE India (Bihar, Assam) E to SC China (S Sichuan, Hainan, Yunnan), and S to peninsular Thailand and Indochina.
- Least Concern
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A bird perched on a branch and preening Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp benghalensis)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 5 years ago 50 sec 4.5 -
A pair mating Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (ssp benghalensis)
Anna Motis 22 April 2003 6 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A bird sunning and preening India (ssp benghalensis)
John Gregory 2002 2 years ago 12 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch with a Black Drongo, and then the Black Drongo flying away Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp benghalensis)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 5 years ago 15 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a wire. Thrissur Paddy Fields, Thrissur District, Kerala, India (ssp indicus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 December 2009 20 weeks ago 49 sec 4 -
Two different views of a bird on the ground. Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India (ssp benghalensis)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 February 2008 1 year ago 24 sec 4
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seen on ground looking for insect Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 12 December 2009 9 weeks ago 4 -
Rollers were formerly called as Blue Jays, which they were not. Now they are called Rollers. This one was busy hunting grubs to Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 28 May 2010 13 weeks ago 4 -
On the Hi-voltage cable. Oman
Zotyesz 12 February 2010 20 weeks ago 4 -
standing wires Yunnan, China (Southern)
Zhouhuaming 11 March 2010 24 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on a dead tree stump The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 9 December 2009 38 weeks ago 4 -
Indian Roller, frontal view Delhi, India
Mark Andrews 7 November 2009 41 weeks ago 4
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Display calls on the wing Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp benghalensis)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 1983 25 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of Adult and churring calls of chick Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp benghalensis)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1990 25 weeks ago 4 -
Courtship call Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp benghalensis)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 1983 27 weeks ago 4 -
harsh calls by male and female Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 42 weeks ago 3
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