Species profile
Racquet-tailed Roller
Coracias spatulatus
Quick answer
Tropical sw Angola to ne Tanzania and s Mozambique
- Scientific name
- Coracias spatulatus
- Family
- Coraciidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Genus
- Coracias
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Coraciidae
- Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
- Azure Dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus)
- Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
- Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis)
- Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
- Coracias aurea (Coracias aurea)
- Coracias bicator (Coracias bicator)
- Coracias caffra (Coracias caffra)