Broad-billed Roller
Eurystomus glaucurus
Woodland. Blue vent and tail; deep blue wings; yellow bill.
Rollers
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Fairly common summer resident. Told by small size, cinnamon upper parts, purple underparts and yellow bill. Immature is greenish blue below, with black streaks. Makes harsh croaking and cackling sounds. Occurs singly, in pairs or in scattered groups in mature riverine and palm forest and broad-leaved woodland; also found at the fringes of lowland forests.
Quick Facts
Size
27 cm - M
Names
A: Geelbektroupant
Z: ifefelibomvu
Ss: Letleretlere la molomosehla
G: Zimtroller
Bird Family
Colourful, heavy-billed birds with brilliant blue wing-feathers and harsh, croaking voices. They spend much of the day still-hunting from a convenient perch, flying down to catch and eat large insects and other small prey on the ground. They breed in holes in trees (sometimes in holes in cliffs) and have active display flights, which involve violent aerial manoeuvres with much harsh calling.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs singly, in pairs or in scattered groups in mature riverine and palm 'forest' and 'broad-leaved woodland'; also found at the fringes of lowland forests.
