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Indochinese Roller

Coracias affinis · Family Coraciidae

Coracias affinis

Family Coraciidae

Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Coraciidae
GBIF occurrence records
82,291
Countries and territories with records
13
Indochinese Roller
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About this species

This species has 82,291 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Thailand (61.9%), India (19.8%), Cambodia (12.3%), Vietnam (2.4%) and Myanmar (1.8%); together they account for 98.2% of the total. In Thailand, this species accounts for 0.77% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Coracias affinis combines the genus name Coracias with the species epithet affinis. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Coracias; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Coracias benghalensis, Coracias garrulus and Coracias caudatus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 13 species of the family Coraciidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Coracias benghalensis. Its record count is 83.3% of the family average (98,840). The family Coraciidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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