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Birds Bee-eaters & rollers Uncommon
Purple Roller
Groottroupant · Coracias naevius
The biggest of Kruger's rollers, dressed in dull purple-brown rather than bright blue, with neat white streaking below. It sits motionless on prominent perches watching for large insects and small prey on the ground, and stays in the park all year through dry winters.
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Large and dull purple-brown with fine white streaks below and a square tail, lacking bright blue.
Where to see it in Kruger
Tall woodland and bushwillow country, perching quietly on dead branches.
Did you know
Its harsh call sounds like a creaky gate swinging back and forth in the wind.
Often confused with
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