Editing European roller (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = European Roller - Coracias garrulus.jpg
| image_caption = European roller spreading its wings 
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2019 |title=''Coracias garrulus'' |page=e.T22682860A154424974 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22682860A154424974.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Coracias
| species = garrulus
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = 
*''C. g. garrulus''
*''C. g. semenowi''
| range_map = Coracias garrulus distr new03.png
| range_map_caption = Distribution of the European roller {{leftlegend|#FFD300|summer ''C. g. garrulus''|outline=black}}{{leftlegend|#FF8C00|summer ''C. g. semenowi''|outline=black}}{{leftlegend|#1F75FE|winter|outline=black}}
}}

The '''European roller''' ('''''Coracias garrulus''''') is the only member of the [[Coraciidae|roller]] family breeding in Europe. Its range extends into the [[Maghreb]], West Asia and Central Asia. It winters in southern Africa, primarily in dry wooded savanna and bushy plains. It occurs in a wide variety of habitats, but avoids treeless plains. It usually nests in tree holes.