Laputavis robusta was a small stem roller belonging to Coracii. It was originally described as a swift like bird, but newly recognised London Clay skeletons show that its anatomy is coraciiform and place it among the early radiation of rollers. Modern work tentatively compares these birds with Primobucconidae.

It was probably an arboreal or woodland bird that flew between perches and fed on insects or other small animal prey, broadly comparable in ecology with early rollers. That feeding interpretation is inferred from its revised relationships rather than preserved stomach contents. The new material has made the species much more interpretable than the fragmentary holotype alone.