Species group · Birds

Rollers

WAnimals has 2 species of roller, spread across 2 families (Brachypteraciidae, Coraciidae).

2 species

2 families

92 countries

39 parks

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of rollers on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

2 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 92 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

It is the only member of its family (Coraciidae) that breeds in Europe.
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It feeds on large insects, plus small reptiles, rodents and frogs taken from a high perch.
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It winters in sub-Saharan Africa.
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It belongs to a bird family that exists only in Madagascar: the ground-rollers are five species endemic to the island, all tied to the forest floor, representing a lineage isolated from the rest of the world's rollers.
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It is one of the few in its family that survive in secondary forest and degraded fragments, which is why it is the only one not listed among the threatened species.
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