Rollers can be identified as medium-sized birds with strong, slightly hooked beaks and stocky bodies, often with brightly colored plumage. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, ranging from 25 to 27 centimetres in length. They share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and bee-eaters, blues and pinkish or cinnamon browns predominating. The bee-eaters are morphologically a fairly uniform group. They share many features with related Coraciiformes such as the kingfishers and rollers, being large-headed (although less so than their relatives), short-necked, brightly plumaged and short-legged. Their wings may be rounded or pointed, with the wing shape closely correlated with the species' preferred foraging habitat and migratory tendencies. Learn more about Roller and bee-eater
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Blue-crowned Motmot (11 videos) | Momotus momota | Least concern |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater (9 videos) | Merops philippinus | Least concern |
Blue-throated Bee-eater (2 videos) | Merops viridis | Least concern |
Broad-billed Motmot (11 videos) | Electron platyrhynchum | Least concern |
Dollar Roller (19 videos) | Eurystomus orientalis | Least concern |
European Bee-eater (12 videos) | Merops apiaster | Least concern |
European Roller (4 videos) | Coracias garrulus | Least concern |
Green Bee-eater (13 videos) | Merops orientalis | Least concern |
Indian Roller (4 videos) | Coracias benghalensis | Least concern |
Lilac-breasted Roller (99 videos) | Coracias caudatus | Least concern |
Little Bee-eater (40 videos) | Merops pusillus | Least concern |
Purple Roller (2 videos) | Eurystomus azureus | Near threatened |
Rainbow Bee-eater (38 videos) | Merops ornatus | Least concern |
Rufous-crowned Roller (2 videos) | Coracias naevius | Least concern |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (14 videos) | Merops hirundineus | Least concern |
Turquoise-browed Motmot (4 videos) | Eumomota superciliosa | Least concern |
White-fronted Bee-eater (244 videos) | Merops bullockoides | Least concern |