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Purple Roller

Coracias naevius

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52.3239, 4.96315

Field Notes

Description:

Easily identified by broad,pale eyebrow stripe and its lilac-brown underparts streaked with white.

Habitat:

Dry thornveld and open, broad-leaved woodland.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Zlatan Celebic
I guess there is an error on the place where this bird was seen?
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PublishedMarch 6, 2012

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