Lilac-breasted roller

Key facts

• Lilac-breasted roller lives in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
• Group: Birds.
• It weighs about 0.11 kg (0.243 lb).
• A typical adult is about 36 cm (14.2 in) long.
• It lives about 10 years.
• Diet: insectivore.
• Habitat: savanna.
• Rollers get their name from the rolling, tumbling dives they make in the air to impress a mate.