Results: Lilac-Breasted Roller
Published on 03/19/2024
Most famous for being the national bird of Kenya, the lilac-breasted roller is a beautiful creature. As you probably guessed, the bird has light purple feathers on its chest. Wikipedia is the main source for this survey.
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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. Before today's survey, have you ever heard about lilac-breasted rollers?
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Which of these lilac-breasted roller facts are familiar with?
The call of a lilac-breasted roller is a harsh, sawing "rak rak rak" that is given during flight.
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Their range extends from the Red Sea coast of Eritrea through East Africa (including Zanzibar) to southern Africa, where they occur commonly in Namibia (excluding the Namib Desert), Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa.
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The lilac-breasted roller was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Coracias caudata.
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Which of these lilac-breasted roller facts did you know?
Both subspecies are probably monogamous and nest solitary. The sexes are not readily distinguishable, and their displays have not been definitively linked to either male or female.
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Pairs are protective of their nest and one of the pair will fly in a rolling pattern as a territorial display against intruders or to detract nest predators.
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Typically, lilac-breasted rollers will lay two to four eggs per breeding season. Male and female partners will take turns incubating the eggs for 22 to 24 days.
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If cost and health concerns were not an issue, would you like to travel to Africa to see lilac-breasted rollers in the wild?
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