PHOTOGRAPHY...BIRDS...EUROPEAN ROLLER

The European roller is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe.
Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Morocco.
The European roller is found in a wide variety of habitats, avoiding only treeless plains.

European Roller...Hluhluwe National Park.

The European Roller is a summer visitor to South Africa. In our winter they fly all the way back to Europe and Asia to breed.
It is normally found in open woodland or savanna where it can be seen sitting on an exposed perch while it surveys the surrounding area for prey.
Male and female have similar plumage.
Their food consists of insects, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
The European Roller is not as stunning to see as the more common Lilac-breasted Roller but they are still an attractive bird.

'European Roller', with his lunch.

Some of the colour combinations nature comes up with just doesn’t make sense on paper, and then when you see it in real life it makes so much sense!

SOURCE:......https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/241397