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Coracias benghalensis · Family Coraciidae
Coracias benghalensis
Family Coraciidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Coraciidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 309,185
- Countries and territories with records
- 27
About this species
This species has 309,185 occurrence records from 27 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (86.7%), the United Arab Emirates (7.4%), Sri Lanka (1.9%), Oman (1.3%) and Nepal (1.3%); together they account for 98.7% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.44% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Coracias benghalensis combines the genus name Coracias with the species epithet benghalensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Coracias; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Coracias garrulus, Coracias caudatus and Coracias affinis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 13 species of the family Coraciidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 3.1 times the family average (98,840). The family Coraciidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.