Lilac-breasted Roller
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Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

Local: Kiwewe

Least ConcernRarity ★★☆☆☆Stable

About this species

One of Africa's most photographed birds, dazzling with eight shades of lilac, turquoise, and blue. Rollers perch prominently on acacia snags and tumble through the air in acrobatic courtship flights.

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Their name comes from a rolling, tumbling flight display performed during courtship and territorial disputes.

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