Warbla · Library
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus · Family Coraciidae
Coracias caudatus
Family Coraciidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Coraciidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 210,532
- Countries and territories with records
- 36
About this species
This species has 210,532 occurrence records from 36 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (48.3%), Kenya (13.6%), Tanzania (8.8%), Namibia (7.8%) and Botswana (7.5%); together they account for 86% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Coracias caudatus combines the genus name Coracias with the species epithet caudatus. 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 affinis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 13 species of the family Coraciidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Coracias benghalensis. Its record count is 2.1 times the family average (98,840). The family Coraciidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.