Rollers (Coraciidae)
Purple-winged Roller (Coracias temminckii) - HBW 6, p. 371
French: Rollier de Temminck
German: Celebesracke
Spanish: Carraca de Célebes
Other common names: Sulawesi/Celebes/Temminck’s Roller
Taxonomy: Garrulus Temminckii Vieillot, 1819, India; error = Sulawesi.
Relationships uncertain. Closest relative probably C. benghalensis of race affinis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sulawesi and offshore islands of Manterawu, Bangka, Lembeh, Muna and Butung.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird going from perch to perch Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp temminckii)
Josep del Hoyo 8 August 2007 5 years ago 30 sec 3.6 -
A bird perched high in a tree Locality Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 16 August 2011 1 year ago 26 sec 2.7
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A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Brian J. Coates 33 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on top of a trunk.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 September 2005 20 weeks ago 3.6 -
A single bird perched in the mid-canopy.
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 14 October 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
bird sitting on branch in the canopy
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Dirk Tomsa 19 December 2010 1 year ago 2.8 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Brian J. Coates 33 weeks ago 2.5
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calling from a ravine Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
(Monotypic species)
Niels Poul Dreyer 14 July 2010 2 years ago 3
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