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 6 species which occur in Senegal.
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinica
- Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevia
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
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