Family
Rollers
Coraciidae
13 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Coraciiformes
Coraciidae () is a family of Old World birds, which are known as rollers because of the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. The family contains 13 species and is divided into two genera. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, and share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and bee-eaters, blues and pinkish or cinnamon browns predominating.
Species in this family
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii
- Azure Roller Eurystomus azureus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Lookalikes compared
- Abyssinian Roller vs Racket-tailed Roller
- Blue-bellied Roller vs Broad-billed Roller
- Broad-billed Roller vs Blue-throated Roller
- European Roller vs Abyssinian Roller
- European Roller vs Indian Roller
- European Roller vs Purple Roller
- European Roller vs Racket-tailed Roller
- Indian Roller vs Indochinese Roller
- Indochinese Roller vs Dollarbird
- Lilac-breasted Roller vs Purple Roller
- Purple Roller vs Blue-throated Roller
- Purple Roller vs Broad-billed Roller
- Racket-tailed Roller vs Purple Roller