Racket-tailed roller

The racket-tailed roller (Coracias spatulatus) is a species of bird in the family Coraciidae. It is found in southern Africa from Angola, south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and southern Tanzania to northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.

Racket-tailed roller
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Coraciidae
Genus: Coracias
Species:
C. spatulatus
Binomial name
Coracias spatulatus
Trimen, 1880
Geographic distribution shown in green
Synonyms
  • Coracias spatulata
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