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Photo of European Roller (Coracias garrulus)

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Morocco.

The European roller is found in a wide variety of habitats, avoiding only treeless plains. It winters primarily in dry wooded savanna and bushy plains, where it typically nests in tree holes.

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Photo credit: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK

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