Kirik-kirik dan tiong-lampu (Bee-eaters & Rollers)
Indian Roller
Coracias benghalensis
- langka
- 50 km/h
- Hampir terancam
Folds its wings and you see brown. Opens them mid-roll and the sky explodes electric blue. State bird of three Indian states.
- Populasi
- Global total unquantified; regionally estimated at roughly 5,000-15,000 individuals in the UAE and ~15,000 breeding pairs across the Arabian Peninsula; still locally common across large parts of India but an overall decline (~6% over three generations, 2014-2021, with steeper ~30% declines in some regions) is driving an uplisting
- Habitat
- Open, cultivated country — dry open farmland, pastures, groves, grasslands, and areas around villages; also described as open woodland (especially Acacia/Prosopis scrub) and well adapted to human-modified landscapes such as parks, gardens, roadside trees, and agricultural land; sea level to 2,200 m typically, exceptionally to 2,900 m
- Fakta menarik
- The Indian Roller is named for the male's (and female's) spectacular courtship display — steep, undulating flights with somersaults, nose-dives, hovering, and lateral rolling from side to side, accompanied by harsh croaking calls.
- Sebaran
- West Asia (Iraq, Iran, Arabian Peninsula including UAE/Oman, winter records in Saudi Arabia/Qatar/Kuwait) east across Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Indian subcontinent (India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka)
- Makanan
- Primarily insects (beetles make up roughly 45% of diet, grasshoppers and crickets about 25%), also spiders, scorpions, small snakes, frogs and other amphibians, and occasionally small reptiles, birds, or mammals
- Ukuran
- 0,32 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,7 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
