Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Coracias [benghalensis or affinis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Coracias benghalensis [benghalensis x indicus] (hybrid)
• Coracias [benghalensis x affinis] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Indiese troupant
Arabic: الشقراق الهندي
Azerbaijani: Benqal göycəqarğası
Belarusian: Iндыйскі сiваграк
Bulgarian: Бенгалска синявица, Индийска синявица
Bengali: ফািংরা নীরকাে , বাংলা নীলকণ্ঠ
Bengali (transliteration): bānlā nīlakānta
Breton: Korag India
Catalan: Gaig blau de l'Índia
Czech: mandelík indický
Welsh: Rholydd India
Danish: Blåkronet Ellekrage
German: Bengalenracke, Hinduracke
Greek: Ivδική χαλκoκoυρoύvα, Ινδική Χαλκοκουρούνα
English: Indian Roller, Indian Roller (Indian), Indian Roller [Northern], Northern Roller
English, HBW: Indian Roller
English (IOC): Indian Roller, Indian Roller (Indian)
English (United States): Indian Roller
Esperanto: Azia koracio, Hinda koracio
Spanish: Carraca India, Carraca India (benghalensis/indicus)
Spanish (Spain): Carraca india, Carraca India (benghalensis/indicus)
Estonian: india siniraag
Basque: Karraka indiar
Persian: سبزقبای هندی
Finnish: intiansininärhi
French: Rollier indien, Rollier indien (benghalensis/indicus), Rollier indien [benghalensis ou indicus], Rollier indien [benghalensis]
Frisian: Yndyske rôlder
Irish: Iomlascóir Indiach
Galician: Rolieiro da India
Manx: Rolleyder Injinagh
Hebrew: כחל הודי
Hindi: Pal kuruvi
Croatian: indijska zlatovrana
Hungarian: bengál szalakóta, Bengáli szalakóta
Icelandic: Hindhrani, Hindhrani (benghalensis/indicus)
Italian: Ghiandaia marina indiana
Japanese (romaji): indo buppōsō, indobuppousou, indobuppousou (benghalensis/indicus)
Japanese: インドブッポウソウ, インドブッポウソウ (benghalensis/indicus)
Japanese (Kanji): インド仏法僧
Kazakh: Бенгал көкқарғасы
Kirghiz: Бенгал көк каргасы
Scientific: Coracias benghalensis, Coracias benghalensis [benghalensis], Coracias benghalensis benghalensis, Coracias benghalensis benghalensis/indicus, Corvus benghalensis
Lithuanian: Bengalinis žalvarnis, Bengalinis žalvarnis (benghalensis/indicus), Indijinis žalvarnis
Latvian: Indijas zilvārna
Macedonian: Индиска модроврана
Malayalam: പനംകക്ക, പനങ്കാക്ക
Marathi: नीलपंख
Malay: Burung Tiong Gajah
Nepali: ठेउवा
Dutch: Indische Scharrelaar
Norwegian: Bengalråke, bengalråke (benghalensis/indicus), Brednebbråke
Polish: kraska orientalna
Pinyin: zōng-xiōng fó-fǎ-sēng
Portuguese: Rolieiro-indiano
Portuguese (Portugal): rolieiro-indiano
Rhaeto-Romance: Curatscha da l’India
Romanian: Dumbrăveancă de Bengal
Russian: Бенгальская сизоворонка
Northern Sami: Bengalalitguovssat, Indiaalitguovssat
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Dumbonna
Slovak: krakľa hnedastá
Slovenian: indijska zlatovranka
Serbian: Indijska modrovrana, Indijska modrovrana (benghalensis/indicus)
Swedish: Indisk blåkråka
Tamil: Panangadai
Thai: นกตะขาบทุ่ง, นกตะขาบทุ่ง (อินเดีย), นกตะขาบอินเดีย
Thai (Transliteration): nók tà-kʰàap tʰûŋ
Turkish: Hint Gökkuzgun, Hint Gökkuzgunu
Ukrainian: Сиворакша бенгальськa, сиворакша бенгальська
Vietnamese: Chim Sả rừng
Chinese: 印度佛法僧, 棕胸佛法僧
Chinese (Traditional): 棕胸佛法僧