Coracias garrulus

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Coracias garrulus - common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back

European roller

roller - Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

Coracias, genus Coracias - type genus of the Coraciidae

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Cyprus is also important for European Roller Coracias garrulus, Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus, Chukar Alectoris chukar and Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus, the latter representing more than one third of the European population.

BirdLife publishes guide to species needing protections

The roller (Coracias garrulus) which, apart from South Africa, has the same range as the European bee-eater, is a bird of lightly wooded areas.