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Kruger National Park

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An European roller (Coracias garrulus) in Southern Serengeti, Tanzania.

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European Roller, Hungary

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European Roller, Hungary

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is the same as White Headed Roller. I was confused and goggled to confirm.

 

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On route to feed the family

The blue-bellied roller is a large bird appr. 28–30 cm.

 

Gambia, Tujereng.

 

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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.

 

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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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We spotted this Roller on an overhead wire as we were driving along.

 

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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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Wild South Africa

Kruger National Park

European Roller - Coracias garrulus

Icklingham, Suffolk

European Roller, Hungary

European Roller Hungary

The vivid blues of this slender roller are stunningly displayed in flight.

Went for a short drive on what turned out to be a crazy windy afternoon.

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Kruger National Park

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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

Savuti marshes, Botswana

 

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Like glass to light / like velvet to touch ( & glass is made of sand ... )

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

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 :-)

  

Coracias garrulus

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