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Cuckoo roller

Leptosomus discolor

Description:

Medium large bird, sexually dimorphic (pictured is a male). Diet mainly insects but is known to take chameleons occasionally.

Habitat:

Inhabits a wide variety of forests and woodlands.

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2 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 3 years ago

Love that bronze sheen on the wings.

Zlatan Celebic
Zlatan Celebic 3 years ago

Hi BevCarter, this was a gorgeous spotting, and a very rare sight on Project NOAH. I took some liberty and included it in two relevant missions. Hope you will not mind my intervention. Cheers

BevCarter
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BevCarter

Lisitra ny tanàna ny Madagasikara ara-paritàny, Madagascar

Spotted on Oct 19, 2013
Submitted on May 3, 2014

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