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[[Image:Broad-billed_Roller.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|mikemik|mikemik}}<br />Lower Zambezi, [[Zambia]], November 2006]]
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[[Image:Broad-billed_Roller.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mikemik]]
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;[[:Category:Eurystomus|Eurystomus]] glaucurus
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==Description==
 
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Its preferred perch is in the top of very tall trees which can make this otherwise striking bird, difficult to see. Other names: Cinnamon Roller, African Broad-billed Roller, Rolle violet, Rolle africain, Zimtroller, Carraca Picogorda, Guln�bbad bl�kr�ka, Geelbekscharrelaar, Euristimo africano.
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Location: Lower Zambezi, Zambia
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29-30 cm
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*Brown back and head
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*Lilac foreneck and breast
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*Pink-brown underparts
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*Blue in wings
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*Bright yellow broad bill<br />
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Sexes similar<br />
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'''Juvenile''': drabber; pale breast
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==Distribution==
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Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]<br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[DRC]], [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
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'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Swaziland]]<br />
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'''African Islands''': [[Madagascar]]
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[[Image:18683P1010104.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|400mark|400mark}}<br />[[The Gambia]], November 2004]]
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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''Eurystomus glaucurus'' has four subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''E. g. afer'':
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:*[[Senegal]] to [[Sudan]], coastal west [[Africa]] and northern [[Zaire]]
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*''E. g. aethiopicus'':
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:*[[Sudan]] and western [[Ethiopia]]
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*''E. g. suahelicus'':
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:*Southern [[Somalia]] to central [[Zaire]], north-eastern [[Zambia]], [[Angola]] and [[Natal]]
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*''E. g. glaucurus'':
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:*[[Madagascar]]; non-breeding migrant to eastern [[Africa]]
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''E. g. aethiopicus'' is, however, generally considered invalid and a fifth subspecies ''pulcherrimus'' is not recognised by all authorities<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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[[Image:Broad-billed Roller flying 9152.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br />Near Xigera Camp, central Okavango Delta, [[Botswana]], November 2011]]
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==Habitat==
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Forest edges, wet woodland, open scrub and large gardens.
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==Behaviour==
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Its preferred perch is in the top of very tall trees.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes ants, termites and flying insects, which are sometimes hawked at other times caught by sallies from a favoured perch.
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====Breeding====
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They nest in an unlined hole in a tree cavity. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Call''':  ''k-k-k-k-k-r-r-r-r-r''.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Eurystomus+glaucurus}}  
 
{{GSearch|Eurystomus+glaucurus}}  
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eurystomus]]

Revision as of 21:28, 7 April 2012

Photo by mikemik
Lower Zambezi, Zambia, November 2006
Eurystomus glaucurus

Identification

29-30 cm

  • Brown back and head
  • Lilac foreneck and breast
  • Pink-brown underparts
  • Blue in wings
  • Bright yellow broad bill

Sexes similar
Juvenile: drabber; pale breast

Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland
African Islands: Madagascar

Juvenile
Photo by 400mark
The Gambia, November 2004

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Eurystomus glaucurus has four subspecies[1]:

  • E. g. afer:
  • E. g. aethiopicus:
  • E. g. suahelicus:
  • E. g. glaucurus:

E. g. aethiopicus is, however, generally considered invalid and a fifth subspecies pulcherrimus is not recognised by all authorities[1].

Photo by rdavis
Near Xigera Camp, central Okavango Delta, Botswana, November 2011

Habitat

Forest edges, wet woodland, open scrub and large gardens.

Behaviour

Its preferred perch is in the top of very tall trees.

Diet

The diet includes ants, termites and flying insects, which are sometimes hawked at other times caught by sallies from a favoured perch.

Breeding

They nest in an unlined hole in a tree cavity. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs.

Vocalisation

Call: k-k-k-k-k-r-r-r-r-r.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia
  4. BF Member observations

Recommended Citation

External Links

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