Purple-winged roller

Purple-winged roller
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Coraciidae
Genus: Coracias
Species: C. temminckii
Binomial name
Coracias temminckii
(Vieillot, 1819)

The purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii) is a species of bird in the Coraciidae family. It is endemic to the Sulawesi subregion Island 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.

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