Lilac Breasted Roller by danob
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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.
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Comments (73)
Pictures like this so inspire me Thank you,I love birds and to be able to take shots like this would be my dream,
Brilliant Danny:)
Very colorful bird. Beautiful. Aloha
Superb bird (and capture )!
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
antother amazing shot from you sir!
I've never seen such a bird either, but I can see the similarities in the body shape of the kingfisher. Amazing beauty!!!
Magnificient looking bird, superb capture Stuart
What a gorgeous bird ! The species i saw in the south of France is less coloured ! Beautifull shot Dan.
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~
Excellent capture of a beautiful bird. Wonderful colors.
very nice
WOW, gorgeous colours, hard to belive theyre a big bird!! Nice one!!
I've never seen such a bird either...what a wonderful colours.....well done
Unbelievable colors! Excellent shot!
Beautiful bird and colors...
What a little beauty!
For a minute I thought you'd photoshopped this!! Wonderful creature, where on earth did you find it?
WOW...sooooooooooo cutie shot...bravissimo as usual!V:DDD.Hugsxx
Excellent! Hard to improve upon! Bravo!
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.
what a colorful creature..nice work Dan
Wonderful shot and curious bird, have incredible colors.....!!!!
What a lovely and colorful little creature. Beautiful shot.
Oh such lovely coloring this bird has. Thanks for sharing and for the info.
Wonderful bird in wonderful color and composition erland
superbe couleurs
wow is right, what a gorgeous little bird!!! Beautifully photographed.. just perfect. *****
To cool these many colours on this bird. Nice one Danny. thanx ;-)
Very beautiful capture!!