Lilac-Breasted Roller

This photo is of a Lilac-Breasted Roller that was injured and taken in by an Animal Sanctuary just outside of Harare, Zimbabwe. It was almostrealy to be released back inot the wild at the time of the photo.

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

We had very few photos from Zimbabwe, so this is country is yours to take :) Posted 10 years ago
1. tweezie94
  
  Bull Frog
  
  Since I haven't had much of a chance to travel yet pretty much all of my photos are taken in Zim =)
  (And a few from Cape Town too!) Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    That's ok, because for most of us here that would be a travel country :) Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. tweezie94
      
      Bull Frog
      
      It's definitely worth a visit, especially Kariba and the Zambezi Valley! Posted 10 years ago

garrylomasphotography

Lion

Great capture!! Posted 10 years ago

The Lilac-breasted roller

The lilac-breasted roller is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places.

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Similar species: Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Rollers

Species identified by tweezie94

By tweezie94

Uploaded Apr 17, 2015. Captured Sep 26, 2014 14:53 in Chiota Saint, Harare, Zimbabwe.

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Canon EOS 600D
f/5.6
1/640s
ISO400
100mm