🐦Indian Roller
الشقراق الهندي أو الشقراق البنغالي (الاسم العلمي:Coracias benghalensis) (الإنجليزية: Indian Roller) هو نوع من الطيور يتبع جنس الشقراق من فصيلة الشقراقية. يعتبر الشقراق الهندي بسبب جناحية الزرقاوين الذين يبدوان وكأنهما يرسلان ومضات كهربائية، أكثر الطيور التي يمكن ملاحظتها في منطقة الباطنة إذ يبدو جناحا الطائر وذيله أثناء طيرانه من مكان لآخر وكأنها تؤدي إلى انبعاث وهج من الألوان يشبه ذلك الوهج المنبعث من المصابيح الكهربائية المثبتة على الطرق السريعة. و يطلق علي الشقراق طائر الأخيل وكان يتشائم منه العرب. اكشلي اسمه شقرقاق
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.16 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 8.9 years
Everything we know about the Indian Roller
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.16 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.16 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.12 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.18 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.04 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan8.9 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatHuman ModifiedAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Indian Roller yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderCoraciiformes
- ›familyCoraciidae
- ›genusCoracias
- ›speciesCoracias benghalensis
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyCoraciidae
- genusCoracias
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyCoraciidae
- genusCoracias
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