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The Lilac Breasted Roller

The Lilac Breasted Roller This photo is from Charlie’s safari in the Serengeti of Tanzania, where Lilac Breasted Rollers abound. These birds are just over a foot tall at 14.5 inches, and feed “on grasshoppers, beetles, occasionally lizards, crabs, and small amphibians… Rollers get their name from their impressive courtship flight, a fast, shallow dive