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One of the most beautiful birds that live in the near vicinity is the King Fisher. I still haven't caught it on camera. But there's another bird too, a very pretty one, that is almost always in sight. Here is a couple that were flying around our neighbor's roof top. Who can tell me what bird it is? I cannot recognize the species.
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http://images.google.fi/imgres?imgurl=http://africanbirds.org/images/tanzaniabirds.jpg&imgrefurl=http://africanbirds.org/&usg=__rjRxd5Uek3XTERH1JlP5dHJVVfM=&h=311&w=389&sz=14&hl=fi&start=13&um=1&tbnid=LqNk2OqkMD6R4M:&tbnh=98&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtanzanian%2Bbirds%2Bimages%26hl%3Dfi%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:fi:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
I think it's the European Roller.
Before you think I'm so smart, go to the following link.
http://www.tanzaniabirds.net/African_birds/roller_european/er.htm
I just went through the pictures until I found one that matched... ;-)
You see them in person. You would be a better judge of whether or not that is in fact the same bird.
K.
Cathy, I can't open your link, but it looks very alike.
Krystal, European Roller...what a name! I doubt it is it though, because the EU-Roller has a nonexistent tail, whereas the Mystery Bird has long tail feathers.
What about the Miombo blue-eared Sterling??
http://www.tanzaniabirds.net/African_birds/starling_miombo_blue-eared/mbes.htm
In the pic on the link, the tail is hard to see, but it looks shorter as well... however, the caption clarifies it as a "juvenile", so maybe the tail feathers grow in as it matures.
Hope you can figure it out!!
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