Eurystomus gularis
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The blue-throated roller (Eurystomus gularis) is a species of roller in the family Coraciidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest. The blue-throated roller was formally described in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under its current binomial name Eurystomus gularis. The specific epithet gularis is Modern Latin meaning "-throated". Vieillot based his description on a specimen in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris which he mistaken believed had been collected in "Australasie"; the type locality has been designated as Senegal. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the blue-throated roller was most closely related to the broad-billed roller (Eurystomus glaucurus).
Two subspecies are recognized: Overall, it is a dark bird, mainly chestnut brown with a bright yellow bill and a blue... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Roller sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 180th most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Roller in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-throated Roller sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-throated Roller sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 30%), Taï National Park (Ivory Coast, about 10%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-throated Roller is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (95 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
