World's strangest animals (birds): Coracias caudata.
The lilac tail roller or swallowtail (in Latin, Coracias caudata) is a medium-sized bird of the family of breeders, almost all of whose representatives inhabit the African continent. It is the national bird of Botswana and Kenya.
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The length of the body can reach 45 cm. They are huge, and the flight is elegant, light and safe.
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Lifestyle
High mountain forests are preferred by open spaces with a small number of trees, rarely shrubs and agricultural lands. For the latter, they do not tolerate any damage at all, on the contrary, they eat many pests, in particular, caterpillars and insects, which greatly help local farmers. The diet also includes spiders, scorpions and, in the absence of the best, and small lizards.
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Trying to obtain the location of the females, the males spend days and days obtaining their piercing and incredibly strong trills, which consist of a single melody. Finish the flirt with an impressive aerial dance performed by a boyfriend.
Breeding
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