SAFRING results

Lilacbreasted Roller Coracias caudata

1. Numbers ringed with SAFRING rings, 1948-2001

• Total ringed: 69
• First ringed: 1956/57 ringing year
• Trapping method: Mistnets, nestlings, bal-cahtri (Rihann Geyser, pers. coms.)

Number of Lilacbreasted Rollers ringed per year with SAFRING rings

Note that a total of 9 (average 2.25 per year) were ringed in the period 1970-73; the individual year totals are not known.

2. Computerised records, 1975-2001

• Number of records: 45
• Ring sizes used: 1 with 3.5 mm, 9 with 5.25, 34 with 6 mm, 1 with 643-prefix rings
• Recommended ring size: 5.25 or 6 mm Stainless steel
• Top ringers: 22 ringers; top 5 ringers: Mr JJ Herholdt (9), Mr M Paxton (5), Mr D Heinrich (4), Mrs D Hanmer (4), Mrs L Komen (3)
• Bird age distribution: Unknown (1), Nestling (10), Immature (3), Adult (28), 0-6 months (3)
• Bird sex distribution: Unknown (39), Male (2), Female (2), Possibly male (1), Possibly female (1)
• Markings: Metal only (45), Metal plus colour rings (1)
• Condition: Good (39), Rehabilitated (4), Artificially reared (1), Released away from capture locality (1)
• Birds ringed per region:

  Locality	n
  Namibia	14
  Northern Cape, South Africa	9
  Limpopo Province, South Africa	7
  Northwest Province, South Africa	5
  Malawi	4
  Gauteng, South Africa	2
  Zimbabwe	2
  KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1
  Botswana	1

Map of localities where Lilacbreasted Rollers have been ringed, 1975-2001

3. Biometrics and moult

Mass data (g) for Lilacbreasted Rollers

Age	n	Min	Mean	Max
Adult	23	51	110.3	150

Winglength (mm) for Lilacbreasted Rollers

169 mm (n=1)

Moult data

No data.

4. Recovery history (SAFRING's database)

• Number of recoveries: 3 recoveries and 1 recapture
• Greatest distance: 90 km (64309918)
• Greatest elapsed time: 4y 3m 9d (580515)
• Causes of mortality of ringed birds: Killed by car (64309918), rest unknown

5. Ringing references