European Roller (Lesbos #7) by GiMi53

Photography • Animals • posted on Sep 26, 2011

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The European Roller, Coracias garrulus, is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. The European Roller is a long-distance migrant, wintering in southern Africa in two distinct regions, from Senegal east to Cameroon and from Ethiopia west to Congo and south to South Africa. The declines in the European population has resulted in its Red List status being upgraded from Least Concern to Near Threatened in 2005. Threats include persecution on migration in some Mediterranean countries and hundreds, perhaps thousands, are shot for food in Oman every spring. Use of pesticides reduces food availability, and the species is sensitive to changing farming and forestry practices. We saw this bird on our last morning in Lesbos; probably exhausted by a long migratory flight, he was literally posing for all the photographers (shot taken from the car, at a distance of about 10 m !) Le Rollier d'Europe (Coracias garrulus) est la seule espèce de la famille des coraciidés à vivre en France (dans le Sud). Il niche généralement dans d'anciennes loges de pics, creusées dans des arbres ou dans des trous de bâtiment. C'est un migrateur. Dès la fin août ou au début de septembre, il prend ses quartiers d'hiver au sud du Sahara et ne revient que vers la fin avril. Nous avons vu cet oiseau le dernier jour de notre séjour à Lesbos ; probablement fatigué par un long vol migratoire, il posait vraiment pour tous les photographes (photo à partir de la voiture à une distance d’environ 10 m !) Thank you for your comments on my previous upload: