Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
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The image above of a "lilac-throated" roller, the lilac--breasted subspecies lorti, was taken in the northern corridor of the Serengeti in February 2011, courtesy of Pam Henline; the southern end of its range normally is northern Kenya. The enlargements include 2 views of this bird as well as a mating pair and a fledgling; note that chicks and fledglings have a bright yellow-orange eye-ring (slideshow #17; enlargement #3) which is lost in older birds.

 
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All unattributed images on this website are:
copyright © 2001-12 Ron Eggert or David Peterson
All other images are the property of the indicated photographers:
Tom Nicholls, Bruce Seiber, Ethan Kinsey, Stacy Fong
Mary Caisley, Pam Henline

Last Update this page: 05-21-12