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Coraciiformes

Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

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Coraciidae (Rollers)

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Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

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Two Indian Rollers perched together on a dead tree stub, the upper bird with wings spread displaying blue and chestnut plumage against a clear blue sky.

Bug! Bug will keep us together*

Coracias benghalensis (Indian Roller)

A gray-headed kingfisher with blue and chestnut wings and a long red-orange bill perches on a branch, facing left with alert posture.

Not all kingfishers fish.

Halcyon leucocephala (Gray-headed Kingfisher)

Two colorful green and yellow bee-eaters perch on a bare branch, with one holding an insect in its beak and offering it to the other bird in a courtship display.

Bee Mine

Merops orientalis (Asian Green Bee-eater)