Lilac Breasted Roller

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Serengeti • Oct 2009

Bird name: Lilac Breasted Roller
Latin: Coracias caudatus
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Family: Coraciidae • Rollers

Great photos from André of the colourful Lilac-breasted Roller, which is found in sub-Saharan Africa and the Arabian Peninsular. These photos were taken in the Serengeti, in Tanzania.

There are 11 species of Roller in the Old World, three of them now featured on this site!