Indochinese Roller
Coracias affinis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderCoraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies)
- FamilyCoraciidae (Rollers)
- GenusCoracias (Typical Rollers)
- SpeciesCoracias affinis (Indochinese Roller)
About the Indochinese Roller
The Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) or Burmese roller, is a member of the roller bird family. It occurs widely from Nepal, eastern India to Myanmar and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
The Indochinese roller was formally described in 1840 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield under the binomial name Coracias affinis based on specimens that had been collected in Assam by the naturalist John McClelland. The specific epithet affinis is from Latin adfinis or affinis meaning "related" or "allied".
McClelland has sometimes been credited as the authority but under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Horsfield now receives the credit. The Indochinese roller was formerly considered as a subspecies of the Indian roller because of a narrow hybrid zone in northeast India but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the Indochinese roller was more closely related to the purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii) than it is to the Indian roller. The Indochinese roller is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The phylogenetic relationships among the Coracias species are shown below, from... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Taman Negara National Park
Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Pelargopsis capensis
White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
Blue-banded Kingfisher
Alcedo euryzona
Banded Kingfisher
Lacedo pulchella
Blue-throated Bee-eater
Merops viridis
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
Actenoides concretus
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Ceyx erithaca
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Alcedo meninting
Red-bearded Bee-eater
Nyctyornis amictus
Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
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 | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 8 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |