Lilac-breasted Roller

Where to see

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

Tarangire National Park leads · 33 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Lilac-breasted Roller during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~90%
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 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~70%
7 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~60%
8 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~60%
9 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
10 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~60%
11 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~60%
12 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
13 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~60%
14 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~60%
15 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~60%
16 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
17 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
18 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
19 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
20 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
21 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
22 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
23 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
24 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~40%
25 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Lilac-breasted Roller?

Tarangire National Park

In Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Lilac-breasted Roller sighting on a given day, the highest of the 33 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Lilac-breasted Roller?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February–June and November–December in Tarangire National Park (about 90%), March, May–June, September and November–January in Moremi Game Reserve (about 80%) and November in Liwonde National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Lilac-breasted Roller on a given day. Each park's Lilac-breasted Roller page has the full month-by-month chart.