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Lilac Breasted Roller
-33.2356, 25.957
Field Notes
Description:
The lilac-breasted roller is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. Preferring open woodland and savanna; it is largely absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches conspicuously at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, lizards, scorpions, snails, small birds and rodents moving about at ground level.
Habitat:
Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of two to four eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defense of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to great heights, descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries. The sexes are alike in coloration. Juveniles do not have the long tail feathers that adults do.
Notes:
Took this in South Africa while on safari - gorgeous bird
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