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Cuckoo roller

Leptosomus discolor

Photo by BevCarter
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium large bird, sexually dimorphic (pictured is a male). Diet mainly insects but is known to take chameleons occasionally.

Habitat:

Inhabits a wide variety of forests and woodlands.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Zlatan Celebic
Hi BevCarter, this was a gorgeous spotting, and a very rare sight on Project NOAH. I took some liberty and included it in two relevant missions. Hope you will not mind my intervention. Cheers

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PublishedMay 3, 2014

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