Coracias affinis

(Horsfield, 1840)

Vernacular names
English : Indochinese roller
French : Rollier d’Indochine

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Coraciiformes
Family : Coraciidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can grow to 34 cm in length. Short tail with no adornments. Coloration mostly brown, richer (with orangish tinge) on breast and sides of head. Throat purple-violet. Turquoise belly, wings violet-blue. Crown blue to blue-green.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in eastern Asia from east Nepal and north-central China to peninsular Thailand, south Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Lives in light woodlands, scrubs, plantations and field edges, to 2900 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is widespread and common and has benefited from human activities. Many birds end up killed by cars as they often scavenge near roads.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation
Wild (Thailand, Cambodia), Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), Hong Kong Zoo (Hong Kong)

 

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