Coracias
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Coracias is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups, blues and browns predominating. The two
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Indian roller Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar
Lilac-breasted roller
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The lilac-breasted roller is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. It prefers o
Coracias
…C. naevius Racket-tailed roller – C. spatulatus Indian roller – C. benghalensis Indochinese roller – C. affinis Purple-winged roller – C. temminckii Lilac-breasted roller – C. caudatus Abyssinian roller – C. abyssinicus European roller – C. garrulus Species Nine species are recognized: Genus Coracias – Linnaeus, 1758…
143 Lilac breasted roller in Etosha National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
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Lilac-breasted roller in flight in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Lilac-breaster roller in Kruger National Park, South Africa