Purple-winged roller

{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = Coracias temminckii 107896699.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Coracias temminckii'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T22682905A130084513 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22682905A130084513.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Coracias | species = temminckii | authority = (Vieillot, 1819) | range_map = Coracias temminckii dist.png | synonyms = * ''Garrulus temminckii'' }}

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.

==Taxonomy and systematics== The purple-winged roller was formally described in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under the binomial name ''Garrulus temminckii''.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Vieillot | first=Louis Pierre | author-link=Louis Pierre Vieillot | year=1817 | title=Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. | volume=29 | place=Paris | publisher=Deterville |page=435 | language=French | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19431000 }}</ref> The specific epithet was chosen to honour the Dutch ornithologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=381 }}</ref> The type locality is the island of Sulawesi.<ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1945 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=5 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=244 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480254 }}</ref> The purple-winged roller is now one of nine species placed in the genus ''Coracias'' that was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Linnaeus |first=Carl | author-link=Carl Linnaeus |title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentii Salvii |year=1758 |volume=1 |edition=10th |page=107−108 |chapter=''Coracias'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/carolilinnisys00linn/page/107}}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2021 | title=Rollers, ground rollers, kingfishers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/rollers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=27 April 2021 }}</ref> A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the purple-winged roller was most closely related to the Indochinese roller (''Coracias affinis'').<ref name=johansson18/>

Alternate names for the purple-winged roller include the '''Celebes roller''', '''Sulawesi roller''', and '''Temminck's roller'''.

==Description== The purple-winged roller is {{cvt|30|-|34|cm}} in length, similar in size to the Eurasian jay. The cap and upper-tail coverts are bright azure blue, the back is dark-olive, with the rest of the plumage mainly dark blue. The large bill is black. The sexes are alike. Juveniles are similar to the adults but with duller plumage.<ref name=fry>{{cite book | last1=Fry | first1=C. Hilary| last2=Fry | first2=Kathie| last3=Harris | first3=Alan | year=1992 | title=Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, and Rollers| publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-0-7136-8028-7 | pages=291–292, Plate 40}}</ref>

==References== {{Commons|Coracias temminckii}} {{Reflist}}

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