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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,170,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.68 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be widespread and fairly common to uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 2001). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 9.9% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native		yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Caconda
Angola	Cuelei
Angola	Luando Strict Nature Reserve
Angola	Mupa National Park
Botswana	Chobe National Park
Botswana	Linyanti swamp/Chobe river
Botswana	Okavango Delta
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kundelungu National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lufira valley
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Upemba National Park
Malawi	Kasungu National Park
Malawi	Lengwe National Park
Malawi	Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve
Malawi	Liwonde National Park
Malawi	Mtangatanga and Perekezi Forest Reserves
Malawi	Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
Mozambique	Headwaters of the Cahora Bassa Dam
Mozambique	Panda Brachystegia woodlands
Namibia	Eastern Caprivi wetlands
Namibia	Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river
Tanzania	Katavi National Park
Tanzania	Kilombero Valley
Tanzania	Kisarawe District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Mikumi National Park
Tanzania	Selous Game Reserve
Tanzania	Usangu flats
Zambia	Bangweulu Swamps
Zambia	Chisamba
Zambia	Jimbe Drainage
Zambia	Kafue Flats
Zambia	Kafue National Park
Zambia	Kalungwishi
Zambia	Kasanka National Park
Zambia	Lavushi Manda National Park
Zambia	Liuwa Plain National Park
Zambia	Lower Zambezi National Park
Zambia	Lukususi National Park
Zambia	Machile
Zambia	Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park and Batoka Gorge
Zambia	Mutinondo Wilderness
Zambia	Nkanga River Conservation Area
Zambia	North Luangwa National Park
Zambia	North Swaka
Zambia	Shiwa Ng'andu
Zambia	Sioma Ngwezi National Park
Zambia	South Luangwa National Park
Zambia	Sumbu National Park and Tondwa Game Management Area
Zambia	West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa Game Management Area
Zambia	Wonder Gorge
Zimbabwe	Chizarira National Park
Zimbabwe	Hwange National Park
Zimbabwe	Mavuradonha Mountains
Zimbabwe	Middle Zambezi Valley
Zimbabwe	Robert McIlwaine Recreational Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/racquet-tailed-roller-coracias-spatulatus on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.