Birds of India - Typical Rollers

Typical Rollers

Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Coraciidae

Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not. There are 12 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in India.

  • European Roller Coracias garrulus
  • Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
  • Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis.

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