NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Purple Roller
Coracias naevius Daudin, 1800
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The name "purple roller" can also refer to the azure dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus) of Indonesia.
The purple roller (Coracias naevius), or rufous-crowned roller, is a medium-sized bird widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Compared with other rollers its colours are rather dull and its voice harsh and grating.
Wikipedia contributors, Purple roller; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:30:31.792260+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coracias naevius Daudin, 1800
- Name authority
- Daudin, 1800
- Common name
- Purple Roller
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Coraciidae
- Genus
- Coracias
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderCoraciiformes
- familyCoraciidae
- genusCoracias Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCoracias naevius Daudin, 1800
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Coracias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Purple-winged RollerCoracias temminckii (Vieillot, 1819) | CoraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Racket-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatus Trimen, 1880 | CoraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus Linnaeus, 1766 | CoraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European RollerCoracias garrulus Linnaeus, 1758 | CoraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese RollerCoracias affinis Horsfield, 1840 | CoraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | CoraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster Cuvier, 1816 | CoraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Coracias noevia Daudin, 1800 Daudin, 1800 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692685 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5ZZR4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.