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Blue-bellied Roller

Coracias cyanogaster

The Blue-bellied Roller is a colorful bird with bright blue and green feathers. It loves to fly high in the sky and can often be seen gliding gracefully over trees and fields.

Lebensraum: Savannas

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The Blue-bellied Roller has a striking brown head and back contrasting with a vivid, sky-blue belly, throat, and rump. Its flight feathers are deep purplish-blue with a black trailing edge, making it truly stand out.

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Blue-bellied Roller
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Blue-bellied Roller

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Both parent rollers share incubating eggs and feeding their hungry chicks.

Their name "Roller" comes from their spectacular tumbling courtship flights!

They can even catch and eat venomous scorpions, carefully removing the sting first!

They often nest inside abandoned tree hollows or old woodpecker nests.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Hunter

Blue-bellied Rollers can perform incredible aerial dives to catch insects because they have strong, agile wings.

Fähigkeit

Vivid Warning

Blue-bellied Rollers flash bright blue wing patches during flight that helps them warn off rivals or attract mates.

Fähigkeit

Perch Predator

Blue-bellied Rollers have excellent eyesight that helps them spot tiny insects from high branches.

Maße und Details

Länge
28-30 cm
Flügelspannweite
55-65 cm
Gewicht
0.1-0.15 kg
Lebenserwartung
8-10 Jahre
Top Speed
50 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-4
Brutzeit
18-20 Tage
Zugstrecke
0 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

An insect-eating bird that hunts bugs from high perches in open woodlands.

Hauptnahrung

  • Grasshoppers
  • Beetles
  • Crickets
  • Mantises
  • Scorpions
  • Small lizards

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

eats these common insects from the air or ground.

shelters

Western Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera permista

uses its abandoned tree cavities for nesting.

eaten by

Jackal Buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

a common bird of prey and potential predator.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and do not try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Blue-bellied Roller?

28-30 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Blue-bellied Roller?

55-65 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Blue-bellied Roller?

0.1-0.15 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Blue-bellied Roller?

8-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Blue-bellied Roller?

50 km/h

Was frisst Blue-bellied Roller?

An insect-eating bird that hunts bugs from high perches in open woodlands.

Wo findet man Blue-bellied Roller normalerweise?

Savannas

Wie jagt Blue-bellied Roller?

Ambush

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