Roller Racket-Tailed (Coracias spatulatus) – Luangwa Valley Zambia

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The Racket-Tailed Roller is uncommon and unobtrusive unlike most other Rollers that like an open perch and view, the Racket-Tailed perches just below the canopy.  This picture is illustrative of old photo technology, inadequate lens and copied from a slide that has degradated over the past 39 years!  I was lucky so see a pair of Racket-Tailed Rollers in April 2015 in the Kafue National Park.