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Common Name

European Roller

Alternate Names

Common Type

Roller

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Coraciidae

Genus

Coracias

Species

garrulus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Iraq, Malawi

Number of Sub-Species

Two Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Warm, dry, open country with scattered trees, preferring lowland.

Distribution and Range

Summers in western Europe and easteern Asia then winters in Sub Sahara Africa

Food

Searches for prey from a raised perch then drops down to the ground to grab small rodents or reptiles, insects and other invertebrates.

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