Racket-tailed roller – Coracias spatulatus

Racket-tailed roller – Coracias spatulatus

Racket-tailed roller – Coracias spatulatus

The racket-tailed roller lives in Angola, Botswana, Republic of Cogo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

It measures between 36 and 38cm..

Its name is due to its original tail, with two very long forked tail feathers ending widening, hence the name snowshoes.

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