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Lilac Breasted Roller - Coracias caudataThe lilac breasted roller is a very colourful, heavy-billed bird with brillian blue wing-feathers and harsh, croaking voices. Rollers spend much of the day hunting from a convenient perch, flying down to seize large insects, reptiles and other small prey on the ground. Lilac breasted rollers breer in holes in trees and have active display flights which involve aerial manoeuvres with much harsh calling. They are found in a variety of woodland types and will usually be seen hawking for insects from a favoured position in a tall tree, telephone pole or similar vantage point. The lilac breasted roller is a very common resident to large parts of southern African regions including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Mozanbique and parts of South Africa. . It is the only roller with a lilac throat and breast and a blue belly.
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