{"id":43271,"date":"2013-07-23T21:33:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:53","slug":"european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/vu-vulnerable\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/","title":{"rendered":"European Roller Coracias garrulus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This species has apparently undergone moderately rapid declines across its global range and it is consequently considered Near Threatened. Declines have been most pronounced in northern populations, and if similar declines are observed elsewhere in the species&#8217;s range it may warrant uplisting to Vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Reference :\u00a0European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-381-43271\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3500\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_fly1.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_fly1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3499\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_9856.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_9856.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3498\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_9729.jpg\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_9729.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3497\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_6447.jpg\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_6447.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3496\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_6432.jpg\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_6432.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3495\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_4657.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_4657.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3494\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_2256.jpg\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_2256.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3493\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_2114.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_2114.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3492\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_2.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3491\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_1737.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_1737.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3490\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_1.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3489\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_0391.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_0391.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3488\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_0259.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_0259.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3487\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller_0177.jpg\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller_0177.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3486\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/europeanroller.jpg\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adult European Roller on passage migration through Kuwait\" alt=\"European Roller (Coracias garrulus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_europeanroller.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller (Coracias garrulus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3266\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/img_3542.jpg\" title=\"European Roller\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller\" alt=\"European Roller\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_3542.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3265\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/img_3539.jpg\" title=\"European Roller\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller\" alt=\"European Roller\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_3539.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3264\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/img_1578.jpg\" title=\"European Roller\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller\" alt=\"European Roller\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_1578.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3263\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/img_1569.jpg\" title=\"European Roller\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"European Roller\" alt=\"European Roller\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/european-roller-coracias-garrulus-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_1569.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>European Roller<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This species has apparently undergone moderately rapid declines across its global range and it is consequently considered Near Threatened. Declines have been most pronounced in northern populations, and if similar declines are observed elsewhere in the species&#8217;s range it may warrant uplisting to Vulnerable. Reference :\u00a0European Roller (Coracias garrulus) &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":837711,"parent":42872,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43271","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43271\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}