Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
(aka Cinnamon Roller)
Broad-billed Roller, Mole NP, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

Ghana and Madagascar

The Broad-billed Roller is distributed in tropical Africa where it is found in woodland and wooded grassland. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

Broad-billed Roller, Kalakpa, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image They spend most of the day perched high on a tree (or on utility wires) from where they sally to catch insects which they eat while on the wing.

Broad-billed Roller, Kalakpa, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image Photos 6 to 8 were taken in Madagascar while the others were taken in Ghana.

Broad-billed Roller, Kalakpa, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image

Broad-billed Roller, Kalakpa, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image

Broad-billed Roller, Perinet, Madagascar, November 2016 - click for larger image

Broad-billed Roller, Berenty, Madagascar, November 2016 - click for larger image

Broad-billed Roller, Le Jardim du Roy, Madagascar, November 2016 - click for larger image

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