Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderCoraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies)
FamilyCoraciidae (Rollers)
GenusCoracias (Typical Rollers)
SpeciesCoracias caudatus (Lilac-breasted Roller)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Semuliki National Park

1 Verified records at Semuliki National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, amphibians and small birds moving about on the ground. Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs are laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to a fair height (69 to 144 metres), descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Semuliki National Park

Eurystomus gularis

Eurystomus glaucurus

Halcyon senegalensis

Halcyon malimbica

Corythornis leucogaster

Alcedo quadribrachys

Ispidina lecontei

Merops albicollis

Halcyon badia

Merops gularis

Ispidina picta

Merops persicus

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Lilac-breasted Roller at Semuliki National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	80–90%
2	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	70–80%
3	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	70–80%
4	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	70–80%
5	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	60–70%
6	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	60–70%
7	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	60–70%
8	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	60–70%
9	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	60–70%
10	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	50–60%
11	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	50–60%
12	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	50–60%
13	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	50–60%
14	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	50–60%
15	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	50–60%
16	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	50–60%
17	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	50–60%
18	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	40–50%
19	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	40–50%
20	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	40–50%
21	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	40–50%
22	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	30–40%
23	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	30–40%
24	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	30–40%
25	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	30–40%
26	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	20–30%
27	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	20–30%
28	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	20–30%
29	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	20–30%
30	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	20–30%
31	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
32	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	10–20%
33	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	10–20%
34	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
35	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
36	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
37	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
38	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
39	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
40	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
41	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
42	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
43	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
44	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
45	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
46	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
47	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
48	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data

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Lilac-breasted Roller

Closest Relatives at Semuliki National Park

Blue-throated Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Woodland Kingfisher

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

White-bellied Kingfisher

Shining-blue Kingfisher

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Whitethroated Bee-eater

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Black Bee-eater

African Pygmy-Kingfisher

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found