Raquet-tailed Roller

Raquet-tailed Roller

Coracias spatulatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Gonarezhou National Park
3 Verified records at Gonarezhou National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Raquet-tailed Roller at Gonarezhou National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
2 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
3 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
10–20%
4 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
5–10%
5 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
6 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
7 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
8 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
9 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
10 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
11 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
12 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
13 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
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