Lilac Breasted Roller by danob

Photography • Creatures • posted on May 21, 2007

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Description

The Rollers are an Old World family of near passerine birds. This is One of the eleven species. And in my view perhaps the most lovely. They resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups, blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but not the outer one. These are insect eaters, usually catching their prey in the air. They often perch prominently whilst hunting, like giant shrikes. And are known to sit in wait to catch escaping prey from bush fires. The group gets its name from the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform. Rolling in flight, and mating on the wing!! These are birds of warm climates. From much of African continent. They nest in an unlined tree-hole, and lay 2-4 eggs. Thanks for taking time to view and any comments you care to make..

Comments (73)

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warrenpiece

6:48PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

Pictures like this so inspire me Thank you,I love birds and to be able to take shots like this would be my dream,

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Dianthus

7:38PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

Brilliant Danny:)

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sharky_

9:19PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

Very colorful bird. Beautiful. Aloha

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DELMUR

9:29PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

Superb bird (and capture )!

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Richardphotos

9:42PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

this is the first time I have seen such a bird. are you sure you did not tint the feathers like people do pigeons in England? haha just joking. very beautiful bird

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vulcanccit

10:51PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

antother amazing shot from you sir!

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nongo

11:20PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

I've never seen such a bird either, but I can see the similarities in the body shape of the kingfisher. Amazing beauty!!!

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stuart83

11:24PM | Mon, 21 May 2007

Magnificient looking bird, superb capture Stuart

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mhyrdin

12:22AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

What a gorgeous bird ! The species i saw in the south of France is less coloured ! Beautifull shot Dan.

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Punaguy

12:48AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

I gotta agree with you on this one, one of the more colorful species in the bird world. Must be a sight to see it flying around. Great job capturing this little beauty. Aloha~

jadench

1:04AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Excellent capture of a beautiful bird. Wonderful colors.

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chrissy16

1:25AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

very nice

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LouLouBell

1:31AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

WOW, gorgeous colours, hard to belive theyre a big bird!! Nice one!!

vlaaitje

1:41AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

I've never seen such a bird either...what a wonderful colours.....well done

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Terraflora3D

1:55AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Unbelievable colors! Excellent shot!

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lizzibell

2:12AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Beautiful bird and colors...

newleaf

2:47AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

What a little beauty!

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tommorules

4:09AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

For a minute I thought you'd photoshopped this!! Wonderful creature, where on earth did you find it?

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Mondwin

6:02AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

WOW...sooooooooooo cutie shot...bravissimo as usual!V:DDD.Hugsxx

kjpweb

6:06AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Excellent! Hard to improve upon! Bravo!

thirdeyespy

6:19AM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Hi. Amazing bird. Never seen this before and like tommorules said, I too thought this was photoshopped. Lovely bird and real nice photo. A tiny bit soft on the focus maybe but still great. well done.

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