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The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is a near passerine bird belonging to the family of rollers, Coraciidae. These species of rollers are distributed in Northwest India, Pakistan, West Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Northwest and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. The rollers perform rolling aerial acrobatics with twists and turns during courtship or territorial flights, hence the name. There are two recognized subspecies of the European roller. The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is a medium-sized bird (the size of a crow) measuring about 29–32 cm in length and weighing 130 to 160 grams. The wingspan is 52 to 58 cm. Its back is orange-brown. Rest of the body plumage is light to bright blue contrasting with black flight feathers. Juveniles have paler plumage. The bill is steel gr
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