Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
About the Abyssinian Roller
The Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus), or Senegal roller, is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa in a belt south of the Sahara, known as the Sahel. It is resident in the southern part of its range, but northern breeding populations are short-distance migrants, moving further south after the wet season. The phylogenetic relationships among the Coracias species are shown below, from the molecular study by Johansson et al. (2018).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 25 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- European RollerCoracias garrulusrecording
- Indochinese RollerCoracias affinisrecording
- Racket-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.