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===Differences from other species=== At a distance the species can be mistaken for the European roller,<ref name=Cramp1985/> which is a migrant through parts of the Indian roller's range. The European roller has a longer neck and tail in flight, as well as black [[Flight feather#Primaries|primaries]] and an all-blue head.<ref name=Fry1992/> The Indochinese roller is darker, larger and has a purplish brown and unstreaked face and breast,<ref name=pcr/> and blue-green forehead.<ref name=Fry1992/> The underwing coverts are a deeper shade of blue.<ref name=hbk>{{cite book |author1=Ali, S. |author1-link=Salim Ali |author2=Ripley, S. D. |name-list-style=amp |title=Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan |edition=Second |publisher=Oxford University Press |volume=4 |year=1983 |chapter= |pages=116β120}}</ref> Its call is higher-pitched and has a more nasal sound.<ref name=pcr/>
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