Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

Silhouette: Hugo Gruson · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

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

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

1 Verified sightings at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park From 2019 to 2026

28,957 Verified sightings across all 48 parks From 2019 to 2026

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

About the Lilac-breasted Roller

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. The sexes do not differ in coloration, and juveniles lack the long tail streamers of adults. This species is unofficially considered the national bird of Kenya. Alternative names for the lilac-breasted roller include the fork-tailed roller, lilac-throated roller (also used for a subspecies of purple roller), Mosilikatze's roller, and troupand.

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Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Coracias garrulus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Coracias abyssinicus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Eurystomus gularis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eurystomus glaucurus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Merops oreobates

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Merops gularis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Ispidina picta

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Merops albicollis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Merops apiaster

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Halcyon senegalensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Merops pusillus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Corythornis cristatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~80%
2	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	~70%
3	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	~70%
4	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~70%
5	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~70%
6	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~60%
7	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~60%
8	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~60%
9	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~60%
10	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	~60%
11	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	~60%
12	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~60%
13	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	~60%
14	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	~60%
15	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	~60%
16	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~50%
17	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	~50%
18	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~50%
19	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~40%
20	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~40%
21	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~40%
22	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	~40%
23	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~30%
24	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~30%
25	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	~30%
26	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~30%
27	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~30%
28	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~30%
29	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~20%
30	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~20%
31	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~20%
32	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	~20%
33	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~10%
34	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~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

About the Lilac-breasted Roller

Recent sightings of Lilac-breasted Roller in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

European Roller

Abyssinian Roller

Blue-throated Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Black Bee-eater

African Pygmy-Kingfisher

Whitethroated Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Woodland Kingfisher

Little Bee-eater

Malachite Kingfisher

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found