#coraciidae

[herpsandbirds]

Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis), family Coraciidae, order Coraciiformes, Karnataka, India

photograph by Kmb Prasad

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[birdblues]

Lilac-breasted Roller

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[alonglistofbirds]

[1416/10977] Blue-bellied Roller - Coracias cyanogaster

Order: Coraciiformes Family: Coraciidae (rollers)

Photo credit: Frans Vandewalle via Macaulay Library

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[transbirds]

Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)

© Arthur Steinberger

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[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Ravens are somewhat famous for their aerial acrobatics, but they’re not the only ones that can fly fancy. An entire group of birds are known as rollers due to the feats some of them perform as part of courtship rituals or while defending their nests.

(Image: A lilac-breasted roller by Peter Lupton via iNaturalist)

(Video: A silhouette of a lilac-breasted roller from a distance, wheeling overhead before performing two nose-dives in quick succession, not unlike a loop-de-loop

Transcript: (A man narrates) Is he watching him there? Making a screeching noise, definetly...not a pretty sound, when you look up how pretty the bird is. Now what he’s doing is-- there he goes, there he goes. There we go! And he goes again. And that is is why we call that bird a roller! Well done Mr. Andrew!

Mr. Andrew: Yay! Got that done.

Narrator:Alrighty, well done andy.)

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[proton-wobbler]

Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster)

"Beautifully colored bird that makes a loud noise :)" "because it's less known than some other rollers, i think, and it still deserves the love"

"This is a common bird of warm open country with some trees. These rollers often perch prominently on trees, posts, or overhead wires, like giant shrikes, whilst watching for the grasshoppers and other large insects on which they feed."

These guys have some fun mating rituals, sometimes between birds of the same sex! An excerpt from Biological Exuberance states: "One bird mounts the other as in regular copulation, beating its wings and sometimes grabbing in its bill the neck or head feathers of its partner... In almost three-quarters of the cases, mounting is reciprocal (the mountee becoming the mounter and vice-versa)." Sometimes this exchange happens multiple times, with as many as 28 mounts counted in succession. This behavior can also be accompanied by aerial displays including chases, soars and swoops. Blue-bellied Rollers are also known to copulate even outside of the breeding season, and multiple times in a row, "far in excess of what is required for fertilization".

Sources:

Bagemihl, B. (1999) Biological exuberance: Animal homosexuality and natural diversity. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Image Source: eBird ( Frans Vandewalle)

#in memoriam (joke) #blue bellied roller #Coracias cyanogaster #african birds #coraciidae #I didn't know they were kinda gay! #the book is my friend's and I'm gonna have to be reading it more for contestants

[that-bird-is-a-mood]

Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)

© Nicola Paltani

#lilac-breasted roller #coracias caudatus #coraciidae #coraciiformes #nicola paltani #birds

[birds-in-trees]

Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)

© mnreddy9

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[jnaneshkumar]

Indian Roller . . . As the sun was going down & low with light., thought to call it a day and packed my bag. I started my motorbike and rode few yards, when I spotted this beautiful bird flew in and sat on the distance branch asking to click pictures. Camera details: Nikon D7500 with Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 #indianroller #indianrollerbird #coraciasbenghalensis #coraciidae #birding #birdphotography #photography #birdpictures #wildlife #wildlifephotography #natgeoyourshot #natgeo #natgeowild #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #birdlovers #incredibleindia #beautyofnature #indiannature #indianbirds https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm3O6UoqFQh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[herpsandbirds]

Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis), family Coraciidae, order Coraciiformes, India

photograph by skanda_sn | IG

#roller #coracias #coraciidae #coraciiformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #india

[birdblues]

European Roller

#european roller #roller #Coracias garrulus #Coraciiformes #Coraciidae #Coracias #bird #upl

[alonglistofbirds]

[1514/10977] Blue-throated Roller - Eurystomus gularis

Order: Coraciiformes Family: Coraciidae (rollers)

Photo credit: David Wright via Macaulay Library

#birds #Blue-throated Roller #Coraciiformes #Coraciidae #Eurystomus #birds a to z

[transbirds]

European Roller (Coracias garrulus)

© Chris Bainbridge

#european roller #coracias garrulus #coraciidae #coraciiformes #chris bainbridge #birds

[beautiful-things-things]

The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern 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. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, amphibians and small birds moving about on the ground. Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs are laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to a fair height (69 to 144 metres), descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries. The sexes are different in coloration, and juveniles lack the long tail streamers of adults. This species is unofficially considered the national bird of Kenya. Alternative names for the lilac-breasted roller include the fork-tailed roller, lilac-throated roller (also used for a subspecies of purple roller) and Mosilikatze's roller.

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[proton-wobbler]

Racket-tailed Roller (Coracias spatulatus)

"Cutie! Love his tail plumes"

Found in Southeast Africa, this roller is similar to other members of its genus in most manners. They hunt from perches, swooping down to grab invertebrates before returning to their perch to watch anew. They nest in cavities, often created by woodpeckers or barbets. The defining feature of this species is their tail, sporting two club-like plumes that extend past their typical tail feathers.

Sources:

Image Source: eBird (Nige Hartley)

#in memoriam (joke) #Coracias spatulatus #racket tailed roller #coraciiformes #coraciidae