Coracias caudatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 3 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 5 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Natura Artis Magistra | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 3 | Antwerp Zoo | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 4 | Dvůr Králové Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 5 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Bojnice Zoo | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 7 | Dierenpark Hoenderdaell | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 8 | Cologne Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | London Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Affen- und Vogelpark Eckenhagen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | Birdworld | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 12 | Espace zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 13 | Santa Barbara Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Pyrénées Animal Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | Zoo d'Upie | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 16 | Lakeland Wildlife Oasis | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 17 | Aquatopia | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 18 | Cologne Zoo Aquarium | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 19 | Landgoed Hoenderdaell | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lilac-breasted Roller sighting in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 45th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lilac-breasted Roller in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, against about 10% in August and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Dar es-Salaam's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lilac-breasted Roller sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Lilac-breasted Roller sightings, Dar es-Salaam has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Lilongwe (Malawi, about 10%) and Lusaka (Zambia, under 5%).
Same order: Coraciiformes
The closest relatives of the Lilac-breasted Roller that you can see in Dar es-Salaam (order Coraciiformes, Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies) are Little Bee-eater (about 50%), Pied Kingfisher (about 30%) and Gray-headed Kingfisher (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lilac-breasted Roller is recorded against all the birds logged in Dar es-Salaam (34 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
