European Roller

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: European Roller
Latin: Coracias garrulus
Other: Rollier d'Europe
Family: Coracidae • Rollers

This is the only Roller to live in Europe. A beautiful, very visible bird, in the same order as the kingfishers and hoopoes.

I saw quite a few, perched in ones and two, high in trees overlooking waterways in the Delta.