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European Roller
Europese Troupant · Coracias garrulus
A chunky pale-blue roller with a chestnut back that flies thousands of kilometres from Europe to spend summer in Kruger. It hunts from exposed perches, dropping onto insects and small reptiles, and leaves the park entirely by autumn for the northern breeding grounds.
Log your European Roller sighting — free →How to identify it
Plain pale-blue head and underparts with a chestnut back and no tail streamers, unlike the lilac-breasted.
Where to see it in Kruger
Perches on roadside trees and wires across open woodland in summer.
Did you know
It flies all the way from Europe and tumbles and rolls through the air to show off.
Often confused with
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