Kirik-kirik dan tiong-lampu (Bee-eaters & Rollers)
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
- legendaris
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
National bird of Kenya. Males roll and dive violently mid-flight to show off eight colors to watching females below.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified; population described qualitatively as abundant/common/frequent with a stable trend and no evidence of significant decline
- Habitat
- Open savanna with scattered trees and shrubs, riverine vegetation, light/tropical forest edge, grassland, shrubland, and agricultural land, favoring elevated perches for hunting; occurs from sea level up to 2,000-3,000 m
- Fakta menarik
- Often called the unofficial national bird of Kenya, the Lilac-breasted Roller performs a dramatic aerial courtship display — climbing to height and then plummeting in a rolling, side-to-side dive while calling loudly, the source of the "roller" name. Botswana's national bird is officially the Kori Bustard.
- Sebaran
- Eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa, from Eritrea/Horn of Africa through East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) south to Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa; extremely large range (~11.8 million sq km); vagrants recorded in the Middle East (e.g., Oman, Yemen)
- Makanan
- Carnivorous, sit-and-wait hunter from perches: ground-dwelling arthropods (grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes), snails, and small vertebrates such as lizards, chameleons, small snakes, and occasionally small birds and rodents
- Ukuran
- 0,37 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,54 m
- Masa hidup
- 7 tahun
