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Lilac breasted roller
Coracias caudatus
-22.7534, 30.6409
Field Notes
Description:
All rollers appear to be monogamous and highly territorial. The Lilac Breasted Roller will perch on a dead tree, like on this photo from Kruger, surveying the area for prey .
Habitat:
The Lilac Breasted Roller feeds on grasshoppers, beetles, occasionally lizards, crabs, and small amphibians. They take prey from the ground.They make unlined nests in natural tree holes or in termite hills. Sometimes they take over woodpecker's or kingfisher's nest holes.They do not associate with human habitation
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