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	Blue-bellied Roller -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Blue-bellied Roller is striking in its strong direct flight, with the brilliant blues of the wings contrasting with the dark back and white head, and the tail streamers trailing behind.
		The Blue-bellied Roller is a large bird, nearly the size of a (Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery) Jackdaw at 28-30 cm.
		These rollers often perch prominently on trees, posts or overhead wires, like giant (Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals) shrikes, whilst watching for the (Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping) grasshoppers and other large (Small air-breathing arthropod) insects on which they feed.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/blue-bellied_roller.htm (238 words)

	Blue bellied roller
		Blue-bellied rollers are noisy birds that frequent high tree tops from which they launch their loud aerobatic displays.
		The blue-bellied roller eats a diet of insects (grasshoppers, beetles, termites) and small lizards and will travel long distances to eat insects burned in grass fires.
		Rollers are named for the aerial "rolling" during courtships and territorial display.
	www.colszoo.org /animalareas/aforest/broll.html (199 words)

	Bird Biographies
		The belly, undertail coverts, and undertail are azure-blue.
		The underwing is pale azure-blue, with the distal halves of the remiges purple.
		The belly to the undertail coverts is a glossy purplish blue, which is darker than the rump.
	www.naturalencounters.com /abby4.html (6093 words)

	Roller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rollers are an Old World family of near passerine birds.
		They share the colourful appearance of those groups, blues and browns predominating.
		They resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roller (133 words)

	Oakland Zoo: Blue-bellied Roller
		Moynihan, M. "Social, sexual and pseudosexual behavior of the Blue-bellied Roller, Coracias cynogaster: the consequences of crowding or concentration" Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 491:1-23.
		Head to upper mantle and chest apricot glossed with pinkish and greenish; mantle and scapulars brownish black glossed with green; wings, rump and breast to under tail coverts dark blue; basal half of flight feathers, under wing coverts, tail pale blue; outer tail feathers elongated.
		They have adapted to live near humans where there is cleared ground.
	www.oaklandzoo.org /atoz/azbluroller.html (305 words)

	Checklist of the birds of eastern Congo
		BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER Coracias cyanogaster - Status unclear in eastern Congo.
		BLUE QUAIL Coturnix adansonii - Local and uncommon, Lake Tanganyika to Uele and the Sudan border.
		Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus afer - Common, from Lake Albert to the Sudan border.
	www.tommy777.addr.com /Eastcongo-list.htm (9338 words)

	Blue-bellied Roller - Coracias cyanogaster
		Fortunately Blue-bellied Rollers are still very common in the Western Division of the Gambia & can even be seen in the hotel grounds.
		Sadly with global warming the moist Guinea savanna woodlands that these birds inhabit are being replaced by much drier Sahel Savanna which is more suited to their equally attractive cousin the Abyssinian Roller.
		A West African endemic, these beautiful birds are at their most stunning in flight when the various shades of blue are particularly vivid.
	www.birdforum.net /bird_view.php?bid=1293 (199 words)

	Diary of The Gambia, 1995
		Blue-bellied Roller A roller was seen sat on a sign as we were taxiing along the runway; blue below with a pale buff head, it was thought to be this species, and verified as such later.
		2 males were seen; an ace little blue waxbill with red on the cheek (in the males).
		Glossy blue uppers combined with a chestnut crown identify this species.
	www.bubo.org /trips/gambia01_dly.htm (10177 words)

	Greater Chicago Cage Bird Club - Articles - Blue-Balled What?
		I gently corrected her that these were Blue-Bellied Rollers and that, yes, they were rare and she might want to point this out to everyone there so they might make time to stop in and see them.
		I regretted trying to feed them apple, because they didn't go anywhere near their food bowl when that was in there, and I regretted both the blueberries and blackberries, as most of them ended up on the walls because the rollers would shake them off the pieces of dog food.
		I must admit that this was not a total bust, as I learned that the "True Rollers" are loosely related to Kingfishers and Kookaburras and were grouped together not only because of some very boring bone structure reasons, but also because of how they earned their name.
	www.gccbc.org /Articles/BlueBalledWhat.htm (2474 words)

	Tropical Birding Cameroon tour report, April 2003
		Coming in to drink were thousands of doves (Vinaceous, Collared, Namaqua and the odd Black-billed Wood Dove), dozens of Abyssinian Rollers and Greater Blue-eared Starlings as well as scores of White-throated Bee-eaters, Brown-headed and Common Sand Martins hawking insects above the water.
		A mixed flock of African Green Pigeons and Splendid Glossy Starlings feasted on a fruiting treetop nearby and a Broad-billed Roller hawked moths from the end of a snag in the distance.
		It was evident that Waza NP was undergoing a severe drought and that a lot of the aquatic or flooded grassland species were absent.
	www.tropicalbirding.com /tripReports/TR_Cameroon.html (13175 words)

	Free Picture of a Blue Bellied Roller
		Copyright-free-pictures.org.uk are the sole copyright holders of this Blue Bellied Roller picture, unless otherwise stated.
		This Blue Bellied Roller picture is not in the Public Domain.
		Additional information about the Blue Bellied Roller Graphic: The Blue Bellied Roller is native to many African Countries, it's diet consists mainly of insects, lizards and other small animals.
	www.copyright-free-pictures.org.uk /animals/birds/86-blue-bellied-roller.htm (161 words)

	The SAAB 35 Draken
		This demanded fit of a pair of small retractable "roller skate" tailwheels to keep the rear of the aircraft from scraping the runway during high angle of attack takeoffs or landings.
		The second prototype, with a still more powerful Avon Mark 46 engine, had performed its first flight in March 1956, but it had bellied in a week before the accident that laid up the first prototype, and for the moment the program was dead in the water as far as flight tests were concerned.
		However, eventually the Flygvapnet would give most of their Drakens a camouflage paint scheme, with a disruptive pattern of dark green and blue on top and light blue-gray on the belly.
	www.vectorsite.net /avj35.html (5415 words)

	Blue Bellied Roller (?) - FM Forums
		I took this shot today and I am almost convinced that this bird is related to the Blue Bellied Roller.
		You can find a real Blue Bellied Roller here from my archives.
		His expression, judging from the several shots I took, is very similar to the roller's.
	www.fredmiranda.com /forum/viewtopic_archives.php?TopicID=1548&page=0 (496 words)

	gambia1.htm
		In the late afternoon we again entered the Abuko NR and spent most of the time in the neighbourhood of the 'Animal Orphanage' and in the reserve extension.
		Many visitors are struck down by "Banjul Belly", some briefly and annoyingly, others more seriously.
		Sadly it was time to leave this sunny country and return to the all to real 'winter' world of Holland in January.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/gambia/gambia4/gambia1.htm (3970 words)

	Photo of:Blue-bellied Roller, Coracias cyanogaster (100)
		Dazzling in their beauty, many of the 123 species of kingfisher, bee-eater and roller are very poorly known.
		The Gambia The birds came thick and fast and we didn’t move at all for the 2 hours up until dusk.
		This reference provides a review of the group showing every species, all the main races and most sex and age variations.
	www.worldbirder.com /photo/photo.asp?PID=100&SupID= (338 words)

	Gambia
		This included 7 Bee-eater, 8 Kingfisher, 4 Roller and nearly 30 raptor species.
		The birding was excellent - over the period of the trip the group clocked 268 species.
	www.natureimages.co.uk /gambia.htm (143 words)

	Blue Belly Rollers
		The blue-bellied roller, a parrot noted for its color variety and intensity, is often found in forest glades or open savannas.
		This Blue Belly Roller picture has been submitted to GotPetsonline.
		Pictures > Birds > Parrots > Blue Belly Rollers
	www.gotpetsonline.com /pictures/gallery/birds/parrots/blue-belly-rollers/blue-belly-roller-0001 (211 words)

	Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: The Gambia, an independent birding trip 15-22 November 2002
		BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER 5/8: seen at most of the coastal sites (up to ten in a day), but only once up river.
		ABYSSINIAN ROLLER 6/8: widespread, with up to six in a day at the coast; 20+ on the drive up-river and frequent also at for example Tendaba and Basse fields.
		BROAD-BILLED ROLLER 4/8: small numbers (no more than two or three together) seen at Kotu (near the bridge at dusk), and at Pirang, Brufut and Tendaba.
	www.surfbirds.com /trip_report.php?id=51 (7638 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Cameroon Birding Trip Report by Ron Hoff
		Some of the new ticks were: Blue-headed Wood-Dove; Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill; Buff-spotted Woodpecker; Blue Cuckoo-shrike; Icterine, Eastern Bearded, Red-tailed, and White-bearded Greenbuls; Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush; Lemon-bellied Crombec; Chestnut Wattle-eye; Pale breasted Illadopsis; and Blue-billed and Crested Malimbes.
		They were Great Blue Turaco, Cassin’s Spinetail, Red-vented Malimbe, and Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch.
		We went out nightbirding and taped in a White-faced Owl, but it was hidden in some leaves and the only look we got of it was as it flew out of the back of the tree.
	www.worldtwitch.com /cameroon_hoff.htm (5096 words)

	gambia2002.txt
		New for the trip were three Subalpine Warblers and a Broad-billed Roller, plus a few Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters feeding from perches and flying past.
		Quailfinches put in their usual fly-past views and we found another two Red-throated Bee-eaters, a nice Speckled Pigeon and three Abyssinian Rollers, then we headed off for an early break (rather an unusual circumstance and one worth mentioning!) and lunch.
		Three Broad-billed Rollers put in an appearance and dived to the water surface to pick up insects.
	www.birdfinders.co.uk /text-only/gambia2002.txt (12551 words)

	Birds: Coraciidae
		Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Dollarbird or Eastern Broad-billed Roller
		Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
	www.phthiraptera.org /Birds/Coraciidae.html (31 words)

	Roller information, Roller picture
		"This attractive bird is one of the most commonly seen of the Rollers".
		Categorized information on European Roller including habitat, feeding habits, migration information, etc.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/Rollers-information.htm (183 words)

	EREMOMELA BIRDING
		and Bar-breasted and Black bellied Firefinch in the campement’s grounds.
		Ngaoundaba is a privately owned cattle ranch, 1.5 hrs from Ngaoundere on a rather poor dry-season road, that protects some of the woodland and forested gullies that used to cover the whole Adamoua plateau.
		The access situation in the Bakossi mountains is in a state of flux at the moment and we hope to be able to post updates to this web page once local initiatives have been launched.
	geocities.com /TheTropics/Cove/2873/reports/camer/camer.htm (8357 words)

	Lowry Park Zoo
		You'll see nature's colors in all their glory-- Red-legged Honeycreeper, the Purple Swamp hen, the Toucan and the Blue Bellied Roller.
		Enjoy the peaceful waterfalls and river that runs though this area and watch exotic and endangered birds gracefully soar overhead.
	www.lowryparkzoo.com /html/l2/l2_attractions_habitats.html (566 words)

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		Along the road we added Blue-bellied, Rufous-crowned and Abyssinian Rollers, which were all very common and seen on wires and trees beside the road, as well as Black Kite and Black-shouldered Kite, the latter posed for photographs.
		During breakfast Yaya came to find us as he was due to take some birders to Pirang, all but one had dropped out due to ‘Banjul belly’ so instead of the lazy ramble around Fajara golf course and the Kotu area we joined in with the morning trip.
		I was a little concerned as the main purpose of this trip was bird photography which requires more time than general ‘number crunch’ birding, however it turned out to be quite productive in both aspects.
	members.lycos.co.uk /nigelblake2/web2/gambia/gambia.htm (511 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		The diversity of plants species supports a range of mammals and at least 175 bird species including the Blue-bellied Roller, Senegal parrot, crested francolin and grey hornbill..
		Black Bee-eaters, Emerald Cuckoo and the lovely Blue Cuckoo-Shrike are among a panoply of brilliantly-coloured birds — a profusion of Hornbills, Kingfishers, Malimbes and Sunbirds...
		Olive-bellied and Green-headed Sunbirds are present on the flowering shrubs of the reserve`s lodge and White-headed Wood-hoopoe, Tambourine Dove, Hairy-breasted, Naked-faced and Yellow-billed Barbets, Yellowbill, Yellow-browed Camaroptera and Honeyguide Greenbul can be found in the trees and surrounding undergrowth.
	www.fatbirder.net /links_geo/africa/ghana.html (1570 words)

	Index of Species in the family Coraciidae (Rollers)
		Index of Species in the family Coraciidae (Rollers)
	www.bird-stamps.org /species/88.htm (8 words)

	Birds and birding in Burkina Faso
		Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea, Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster and Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis can be found at Karfiguela Falls.
		The site is worth a visit for those that only have a short time to spend birding in Burkina Faso as well over 200 species have been recorded in the area and a few hours birding can provide many West African specialities e.g.
		Some less common species such as Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis, Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus, Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus, Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius and African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus may also be found.
	www.africanbirdclub.org /countries/BurkinaFaso/hotspots.html (941 words)

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		The birds that I really wanted good images of were the Rollers and they did not disappoint, Abyssinian and Blue-Bellied showed well, stooping down from their high vantage points to feed on a the large insects and small lizards that were all around, these birds are even more stunningly colourful in flight.
		The area was very rich in birds, many we had only fleeting glimpses of and failed to positively I/D but there were Warblers, Weavers and Crombecs etc, see the list at the bottom of the page.
	members.lycos.co.uk /nigelblake2/web2/gambia/gambia12th.htm (358 words)

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