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Where does the Abyssinian Roller live?

Coracias abyssinicus has 28,668 records in 40 countries and territories, from 1893 to 2026. Most records come from Gambia.

Abyssinian Roller
Abyssinian Roller — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCoraciiformesCoraciidaeCoracias

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Gambia 8,316
Nigeria 5,874
Senegal 5,295
Ethiopia 2,057
Ghana 1,729
Uganda 1,204
Benin 1,099
Burkina Faso 389
Chad 344
Cameroon 335
Mali 293
Kenya 279
Guinea-Bissau 256
Saudi Arabia 250
Niger 241
Mauritania 130
Sudan 115
Guinea 88
Central African Republic 58
Spain 49
South Sudan 48
Côte d'Ivoire 46
DR Congo 44
Sierra Leone 38
Yemen 31
Togo 30
Eritrea 12
Netherlands 3
Algeria 2
Gabon 2
Tanzania 2
Belgium 1
Botswana 1
Djibouti 1
Egypt 1
Liberia 1
Morocco 1
Somalia 1
São Tomé & Príncipe 1
South Africa 1

Related animals

Others in the family Coraciidae.

Indian Roller
Indian Roller
308,670 records
Dollarbird
Dollarbird
279,283 records
European Roller
European Roller
241,825 records
Lilac-breasted Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
209,151 records
Indochinese Roller
Indochinese Roller
81,967 records
Broad-billed Roller
Broad-billed Roller
53,291 records
Blue-bellied Roller
Blue-bellied Roller
9,555 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.