#0990 · 🐦 birds
European Roller
🇳🇱 Scharrelaar ·Coracias garrulus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Aleksey Levashkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Mourad Harzallah · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Uday Agashe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Brian du Preez · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The European roller ( Coracias garrulus ) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Morocco.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 12,311 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Roller
- Nederlands
- Scharrelaar
- scientific name
- Coracias garrulus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Coraciiformes
- family
- Coraciidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 5,934
- sightings worldwide
- 12,311
- GBIF records in NL
- 869
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 2266, Wikidata Q179367, GBIF 2475365, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.