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Lilac-breasted Roller The bird with the highest amount of colors in a single feather deck in Africa. BestZOO,Coracias caudatus,Geotagged,Lilac-breasted Roller,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Lilac-breasted Roller

The bird with the highest amount of colors in a single feather deck in Africa.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    During our trip to South Africa, we managed to capture one of these beauties in fligt:

    Lilac-breasted roller in flight Quite a lucky capture, where this gorgeous bird is taking off. No doubt it is on its way to its harem. Birds,Coracias caudatus,Flight,Lilac-breasted Roller,Lilac-breasted roller,Roller,South Africa
     Posted 13 years ago

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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
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jun 23, 2012. Captured Apr 21, 2012 15:07 in Molenkampseweg, 5681 Best, The Netherlands.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO1000
  • 105mm