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roller
Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
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kingfisher
nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish
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bee eater
colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
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hornbill
bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
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hoopoe, hoopoo
any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
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wood hoopoe
tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest
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momot, motmot
tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
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tody
tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill
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Coracias garrulus, European roller
common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
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ground roller
Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms
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Alcedo atthis, Eurasian kingfisher
small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
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Ceryle alcyon, belted kingfisher
greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
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Dacelo gigas, kookaburra, laughing jackass
Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
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Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops
pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings
