Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) Burmese rollerब्राह्म नीलकण्ठ

Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) 
or Burmese roller
ब्राह्म नीलकण्ठ
Kajiranga National park
Assam
December 19

This is a member of the roller bird family. It occurs widely from eastern India to China and southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
It is a stocky bird. The crown and vent are blue. The primaries are deep purplish blue with a band of pale blue. The tail is sky blue with a terminal band of Prussian blue and the central feathers are dull green. The neck and throat are purplish lilac with white shaft streaks. The bare patch around the eye is ochre in colour. The three forward toes are united at the base.Rollers have a long and compressed bill with a curved upper edge and a hooked tip. The nostril is long and exposed and there are long rictal bristles at the base of the bill.It has a purplish brown and unstreaked face and breast.It has underwing coverts in a deep shade of blue.Within the Indian region, it is seen to intergrade with the Indian roller

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  1. मलय शुक्ल28 February 2020 at 04:13

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