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The blue-bellied roller is a large bird, nearly the size of a jackdaw at 28-30 cm.
Gambia, Kotu
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Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
coracias benghalensis
Indische scharrelaar
rollier indien
Hinduracke
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is the same as White Headed Roller. I was confused and goggled to confirm.
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Wikipedia: The Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) or Burmese roller, is a member of the roller bird family. It occurs widely from eastern India to Myanmar and Southeast Asia.
The Indochinese roller was formerly considered as a subspecies of the Indian roller because of a narrow hybrid zone in northeast India but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the Indochinese roller was more closely related to the purple-winged roller (Coracias temminckii) than it is to the Indian roller. The Indochinese roller is monotypic: no subspecies are recognized.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indochinese_roller
Conservation status: Least Concern
perched on an island in the middle of the Kafue River, not far from another dead tree in which they had built their nest.
Taken from a small boat on the Kafue River in Kafue National Park, Zambia in November 2017
Broad-billed Rollers are more compact than the other African rollers.
They are intra-African breeding migrants that move to the south as from late October. They can be found in riverine forest and nearby savanna.
Eurystomus glaucurus
breedbekscharrelaar
Rolle violet
Zimtracke
Carraca Picogorda
Uccello dollaro africano
rolieiro-de-bico-amarelo / peito-lilás
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Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Indian Roller
Coracias benghalensis
Indische Scharrelaar
Rollier indien
Bengalenracke
Carraca india
Ghiandaia marina indiana
Rolieiro-indiano
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We spotted this Roller on an overhead wire as we were driving along.
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Special thank you to my roller doll , Kay for making this happen... Again! <3
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had another go at the roller as it is in my local patch and had a bit of a mare missing everything in the grass but these with a bee were quite nice
Mara North Conservancy, Kenya
coracias caudatus
vorkstaartscharrelaar
rollier à longs brins
Gabelracke
Carraca Lila
Ghiandaia marina pettolilla
rolieiro-de-peito-lilás
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Vehicles hustle across the Antioch Bridge spanning the San Joaquin River in morning traffic.
I was determined to find an unobstructed angle in which to feature the steep rise of this bridge. Entering an unlocked gate in the 2am hour, I made my way along this private section of Sherman Island. By the time I was ready to leave, the gate had been padlocked shut and I spent a few extra hours confined to this area until an unhappy property owner chided me for my trespassing ways. He then allowed me to exit.
Shot with the long end of the DFA 150-450.
Last year I had a wonderful day in the roller ( Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus, szalakóta) hide. Though the weather conditions were mostly quite harsh (wind and rain) in May this year, I was lucky that my pre-booking hit a sunny and warm day with really active birds.
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Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
This time of the year you come across a European Roller around every corner. It is difficult, however, just to drive past without taking a picture, especially if it poses for you like this one did.
The European Roller breeds in Europe, crosses the Mediterranean via different routes, rests in Sub-Saharan Africa and winters in the southern part of Africa. Each year, the European roller (Coracias garrulus) covers close to ten thousand kilometers to breed and to winter. A species to be admired. This one most likely has already left for Europe. This could be the last photo taken of him/her in South Africa :-)