Rollier of Europe
The rollier of Europe ( Coracias garrulus ) is the only species of the family of the coraciidés to living in France. It is a bird with the sharp turquoise colors.
Characteristics
- Length: 29-32 cm
- Scale: 59-73 cm
- Weight: 140-200 G
Food
Large insects, small rodent usually captured on the ground after piqué since a perch.
Habitat
Open mediums varied with orchards, wood, bushes, grassy waste lands. Often perched well in obviousness.
Reproduction
Niche generally in old cabins of peaks, dug in trees (often of the white poplars) or in holes of building. Rollier settles also easily in nesting boxes (size: 25x25x25cm, bore: 60mm) posed on a pylon or in a tree. 3 to 7 eggs (often 4 to 6) in a laying of at the end of May at the beginning of July (generally at the beginning of June). Blossoming at the end of June and take-off mid-July for the average dates in the South of France.
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