What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Indian Roller been recorded?

Coracias benghalensis occurrence evidence comes from 124 records in 12 countries and territories, from 1898 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Indian Roller
Indian Roller — Photo (display-sized rendition): Mahmadanesh · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesCoraciiformesCoraciidaeCoracias

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

124 records across 12 countries and territories, 1898–2026.

Coracias benghalensis · GBIF taxon key 2475379

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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.

Records over time

18982026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Indian Roller has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Indian Roller. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
India 65
Oman 15
Sri Lanka 11
Nepal 11
United Arab Emirates 4
Iraq 4
United States 4
Vietnam 3
Bangladesh 2
Pakistan 2
Bhutan 1
Germany 1

Related animals

Others in the family Coraciidae.

European Roller
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Lilac-breasted Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
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Broad-billed Roller
Broad-billed Roller
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Indochinese Roller
Indochinese Roller
105 records
Abyssinian Roller
Abyssinian Roller
97 records
Blue-bellied Roller
Blue-bellied Roller
54 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.