Found widely in Sub-Saharan Africa
               and southern Arabian Peninsula
               ...largley absent from treeless places.
          
         
            
               Coracias caudatus
            
               (L 12-14.5")
          
         
            
               Lake Nakuru National Park
            
               31Oct2014
          
         
         
         
            
               Coracias in Greek means type
               of jackdaw; caudatus in Latin
               means tailed.
          
         
            
               © Myles E. W.
               North
            
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