Lilac Breasted Roller

Lilac Breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus).

We have 2 pairs (unrelated) in 2 avaries

Aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. Share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and bee-eaters, blues and pinkish or cinnamon browns predominating.

They are mainly insect eaters, taking prey on the wing, and dive from a perch to catch food items from on the ground, like giant mealworms.

They are monogamous and nest in an unlined hole in a tree or in masonry, and lay 2–6 eggs. The eggs, which are white, hatch after 17–20 days, and the young remain in the nest for approximately another 30 days.