Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
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The Lilac-breasted Roller, with beautiful
lilac, turquoise, royal blue and cinnamon plumage, comes from
sub-Saharan Africa (mainly eastern/southern) and southern Arabia. Accomplished flyers, the Roller group of birds are named after the aerial rolls and swoops they make in courtship. |
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| Striking in the sunlight, male and female have similar plumage. Adult birds have two long plumes in their turquoise tails. | |
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| Blue-bellied Roller | European Roller | Cuckoo Roller | Rufous-crowned Roller |