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Armenian Name: | Ներկարար |
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See Plate 37 for European Roller and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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Abundance: | Common |
Length: | 30-32 cm, Wing Span:66-73 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 193. |
Adult: | Bright blue with red-brown back and black flight feathers. Upper forewings dark blue. Underwing coverts vivid greenish-blue. |
Juvenile: | Paler and duller with brownish back, cheeks, nape, and breast. |
Behavior: | Flight direct with deep wingbeats, resembling crow. Often perches prominently on posts, wires, and trees. |
Habitat: | Semidesert, mountain steppe. |
Food: | Insects. |
Nest: | Grassy cup in cavity of tree or wall; burrow in sand or clay bank. |
Eggs: | 35 mm, 3-6, white. |