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Purple-winged roller

Coracias temminckii (Vieillot, 1819)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii) is a species in the family Coraciidae, order Coraciiformes. Recorded adults weigh 153.7 g to 154 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the purple-winged roller

Weight
153.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the purple-winged roller live?

Not recorded

What is the purple-winged roller?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii) is a species of bird in the family Coraciidae. It is endemic to the Sulawesi subregion in Indonesia and can be found on the islands of Sulawesi, Bangka, Lembeh, Manterawu, Muna and Butung.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Purple-winged roller” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Purple-winged_roller&oldid=1381877173), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the purple-winged roller endangered?

The purple-winged roller is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the purple-winged roller classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCoraciiformes
  5. familyCoraciidae
  6. genusCoracias
  7. SpeciesCoracias temminckii (Vieillot, 1819)

Synonyms Coracias pileata, Garrulus temminckii

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Sulawesi rollerEnglish
  • شقراق أرجواني الجناحArabic
  • Сулавеска синявицаBulgarian
  • Korag TemminckBreton
  • gaig blau de SulawesiCatalan
  • mandelík celebeskýCzech
  • rholydd adeinbiwsWelsh
  • SulawesiellekrageDanish
  • CelebesrackeGerman
  • Celebes-RackeGerman
  • celebesa koracioEsperanto
  • Carraca de CélebesSpanish
  • sulawesi siniraagEstonian
  • سبزقبای بالارغوانیPersian
  • celebesinsininärhiFinnish
  • Rollier de TemminckFrench
  • sulaveška zlatovranaCroatian
  • kucsmás szalakótaHungarian
  • Tiong-lampu sulawesiIndonesian
  • Ghiandaia marina aliviolaItalian
  • Ghiandaia marina di SulawesiItalian
  • セレベスブッポウソウJapanese
  • セレベスブッポウソウ [serebesubuppousou]Japanese
  • sulavesinis žalvarnisLithuanian
  • SulawesischarrelaarDutch
  • sulawesiråkeNorwegian
  • kraska purpurowaPolish
  • rolieiro-da-celebesPortuguese
  • rolieiro-d'asa-púrpuraPortuguese
  • Сулавесская сизоворонкаRussian
  • krakľa purpurováSlovak
  • modrovrankaSlovenian
  • sulawesiblåkråkaSwedish
  • Selebes GökkuzgunuTurkish
  • Temminck gökkuzgunuTurkish
  • сиворакша сулавеськаUkrainian
  • 紫翅佛法僧Chinese
  • 藍翅佛法僧Chinese

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Relatives of the purple-winged roller

Other species in the same genus Coracias.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the purple-winged roller?

An adult purple-winged roller weighs 153.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the purple-winged roller endangered?

The purple-winged roller is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the purple-winged roller?

The purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii) belongs to the family Coraciidae in the order Coraciiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-winged-roller

MLA

“Purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-winged-roller.

BibTeX
@misc{purple_winged_roller_2026,
  title = {Purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-winged-roller},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}