Burung tropis (Tropical Birds)
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
- legendaris
- 92 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Performs tumbling courtship dives that gave the family its name. Turquoise courier with theater training.
- Populasi
- ~188,000–395,000 mature individuals globally; decreasing trend, 5–20% over three generations in Europe
- Habitat
- Warm, dry, open country with scattered trees — oak and pine woodland edges, farmland, orchards, and river valleys; breeds in cavities in sand banks, walls, large trees, and houses (occasionally nest boxes); winters in dry wooded savanna and bushy plains in sub-Saharan Africa
- Fakta menarik
- European Roller nestlings defend themselves by vomiting a foul-smelling orange liquid onto their own plumage to deter predators -- the odor also serves as an alarm cue that alerts parent birds the nest has been disturbed.
- Sebaran
- Breeds from northwestern Africa and southern/east-central Europe through Turkey and northwestern Iran to southwestern Siberia (C. g. garrulus), plus a separate subspecies C. g. semenowi from Iraq/Iran through Central Asia to northwestern China; a long-distance full migrant wintering in Africa south of the Sahara
- Makanan
- Mainly large insects — adults favor beetles; nestlings are fed mostly Orthoptera (grasshoppers, bush crickets); also takes small lizards, frogs, rodents, small birds, and other invertebrates
- Ukuran
- 0,305 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,55 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
