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| - | ;Coracias abyssinica | + | [[Image:Abyssinian_Roller.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|wim+de+groot|wim de groot}}<br/ >[[Gambia]], January 2005]] |
| - | [[Image:Abyssinian_Roller.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by wim de groot.<br/ >Photo taken: [[Gambia]].]] | + | ;[[:Category:Coracias|Coracias]] abyssinica |
| | + | ''Coracias abyssinicus'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | A shockingly bright blue bird with a long tail. | + | 28-30 cm: Tail streamers 12cm<br /> |
| | + | *Brown back |
| | + | *Turquoise body |
| | + | *Blue shoulders |
| | + | *Dark bill and iris |
| | + | *Legs and feet are horn-coloured<br /> |
| | + | Sexes are similar<br /> |
| | + | '''Juvenile''' is a duller version of the adult and lacks the tail streamers |
| | + | [[Image:AbZlatovranka 8934.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|mikemik|mikemik}}<br />[[Yemen]], November 2010]] |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]. | + | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]: found from [[Senegambia]] to [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]] and [[Kenya]]; central [[Arabia]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Monotypic |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Savanna. | + | Acacia scub, dry savannah woodland and bushy grassland. Has also adapted to farmland and human habitation. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Performs aerial displays of diving, loop the loops & "rolling". |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | The diet includes large insects. |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | It nests in a scantily lined hole in a tree or building, and lays 3-6 eggs. |
| | + | ==Vocalisation== |
| | + | The call is a ''gak'' sound, or a screeched ''aaaargh''. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Coracias+abyssinica}} | + | {{GSearch|Coracias+abyssinic}} |
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| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coracias]] |
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- Coracias abyssinica
Coracias abyssinicus
[edit] Identification
28-30 cm: Tail streamers 12cm
- Brown back
- Turquoise body
- Blue shoulders
- Dark bill and iris
- Legs and feet are horn-coloured
Sexes are similar
Juvenile is a duller version of the adult and lacks the tail streamers
[edit] Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa: found from Senegambia to Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya; central Arabia
[edit] Taxonomy
Monotypic
[edit] Habitat
Acacia scub, dry savannah woodland and bushy grassland. Has also adapted to farmland and human habitation.
[edit] Behaviour
Performs aerial displays of diving, loop the loops & "rolling".
The diet includes large insects.
[edit] Breeding
It nests in a scantily lined hole in a tree or building, and lays 3-6 eggs.
[edit] Vocalisation
The call is a gak sound, or a screeched aaaargh.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
[edit] External Links
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