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Birds
Lilac-breasted roller
Lilac-breasted roller · Coracias caudatus
The lilac-breasted roller captivates with its lilac-blue breast plumage and acrobatic flights over open savannas and clearings.
Fact file
- Size
- Around 35 cm long, 80 to 110 g in weight, distinctive forked tail feathers
- Males and females
- Males and females are hard to tell apart, both feathered and coloured the same
- Sounds
- Harsh, rasping call, especially during territorial disputes
- Diet
- Feeds mainly on insects, small lizards and occasionally amphibians
- Offspring
- Usually breeds from September to December, lays two to four eggs in tree cavities
How to identify Lilac-breasted roller
Lilac-breasted rollers are instantly recognisable by their intense plumage. The head glows turquoise blue, the breast shimmers lilac and on the belly turquoise blends with a strong blue. The whitish eye stripe and the olive to beige-brown back create striking contrasts.
Particularly distinctive are the elongated tail feathers of the lilac-breasted roller, which form a forked shape. With a total length of around 35 cm and the long outer feathers, their silhouette appears slender. In flight their wings shine in a strong blue with black-tipped ends.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 4 places where you can see Lilac-breasted roller
Where Lilac-breasted roller live
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
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