#Coracias caudata

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Carraca lila (Coracias caudata)​

[buyela-e-africa]

Lilac Breasted Roller (Coracias caudata)

A beautifully coloured bird, with a green head, lilac throat and breast, a blue belly and even brighter blue wing feathers, unlike most species of birds both sexes have the same colouration.

Rollers get their name from their impressive courtship flight, but the Afrikaans name "Gewone Troupant" meaning wedding ring has a unique story behind it.. we have not come across any documentation to back up the story but it's a good story none the less.

The story is about young men who wanted to get married, these men would gather the sticky gum from the Leadwood tree (Combretum imberbe), they would then roll this gum into a ball and place it where Lilac Breasted Rollers would normally purch, on a high branch in a dead tree, when the Rollers come to sit on the branch the gum ball would trap the bird - the man would then catch the bird and remove a single blue feather 🪶, he would then offer this feather to the bride to be, rapping it around her finger which in turn would stain her finger blue.

In African culture this bird is known as the bird of peace and reconciliation, the beautiful "bird of the sun" - often sacrificed by Kings who were making peace.

One of the Rollers would be caught and its neck then cut with a battle spear - purifying the spear of evil - by the blood of the "bird of the sun". The spear would then be broken by the two Kings, buried in a hole with the bird buried ontop of the spear - and thus peace was made.

We @ Buyela-e-Africa absolutely love the stories of the Bushveld, comment here if you know of any other Bushveld stories.

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[iihbki3]

Picture of the day: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. https://t.co/Nf9HcWDEWD

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[mike13mt]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more.

[bosque-encantado]

 (Coracias caudata) - Carraca de pecho lila

 Origen: Kenia - África

[juanmcm]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more.

[ggungabyfish]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. https://ift.tt/2UbWRR6

[ulaulaman]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more.

[dennzme]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more.

[adamthealien]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more.

[3lysworld]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more.

[buyela-e-africa]

Lilac Breasted Roller (Coracias caudata)

A beautifully coloured bird, with a green head, lilac throat and breast, a blue belly and even brighter blue wing feathers, unlike most species of birds both sexes have the same colouration.

Rollers get their name from their impressive courtship flight, but the Afrikaans name "Gewone Troupant" meaning wedding ring has a unique story behind it.. we have not come across any documentation to back up the story but it's a good story none the less.

The story is about young men who wanted to get married, these men would gather the sticky gum from the Leadwood tree (Combretum imberbe), they would then roll this gum into a ball and place it where Lilac Breasted Rollers would normally purch, on a high branch in a dead tree, when the Rollers come to sit on the branch the gum ball would trap the bird - the man would then catch the bird and remove a single blue feather 🪶, he would then offer this feather to the bride to be, rapping it around her finger which in turn would stain her finger blue.

In African culture this bird is known as the bird of peace and reconciliation, the beautiful "bird of the sun" - often sacrificed by Kings who were making peace.

One of the Rollers would be caught and its neck then cut with a battle spear - purifying the spear of evil - by the blood of the "bird of the sun". The spear would then be broken by the tow Kings, buried in a hole with the bird buried ontop of the spear - and thus peace was made.

We @ Buyela-e-Africa absolutely love the stories of the Bushveld, comment here if you know of any other Bushveld stories.

[gkknowledge]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa.

[successwithjs]

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more.

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Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2020: Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa.