The purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii) is a species of bird in the family Coraciidae.

The purple-winged roller was formally described in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under the binomial name Garrulus temminckii.

[2] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the Dutch ornithologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

[4] The purple-winged roller is now one of nine species placed in the genus Coracias that was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

The purple-winged roller is 30–34 cm (12–13 in) in length, similar in size to the Eurasian jay.