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European or Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus), Tsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, East Africa.

A Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus) in Tsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, East Africa. The European or Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Northwest Africa. This long-distance migrant winters in Southern Africa, primarily in dry wooded savanna and bushy plains. Some populations migrate to Africa via India. It usually nests in tree holes. // The A109 road Nairobi-Mombasa and a railway divides Tsavo West National Park from the adjoining Tsavo East National Park. Together with adjoining ranches and protected areas, they comprise the Tsavo Conservation Area. Tsavo West is a more popular destination due to its magnificent scenery and the Mzima Springs, the rich and varied wildlife, a good road system, a rhino reserve, rock climbing potential and guided walks along the Tsavo River. Tsavo remained the homeland for the Orma and Maasai pastoralists and Waata hunter-gatherers until 1948, when it was gazetted a national park. Indigenous populations were relocated to Voi and Mtito Andei and other areas within the nearby Taita Hills. Following Kenyan independence in 1963, hunting was banned in the park and management was turned over to the authority that became the Kenya Wildlife Service.

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A Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus) in Tsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, East Africa. The European or Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Northwest Africa. This long-distance migrant winters in Southern Africa, primarily in dry wooded savanna and bushy plains. Some populations migrate to Africa via India. It usually nests in tree holes. // The A109 road Nairobi-Mombasa and a railway divides Tsavo West National Park from the adjoining Tsavo East National Park. Together with adjoining ranches and protected areas, they comprise the Tsavo Conservation Area. Tsavo West is a more popular destination due to its magnificent scenery and the Mzima Springs, the rich and varied wildlife, a good road system, a rhino reserve, rock climbing potential and guided walks along the Tsavo River. Tsavo remained the homeland for the Orma and Maasai pastoralists and Waata hunter-gatherers until 1948, when it was gazetted a national park. Indigenous populations were relocated to Voi and Mtito Andei and other areas within the nearby Taita Hills. Following Kenyan independence in 1963, hunting was banned in the park and management was turned over to the authority that became the Kenya Wildlife Service.
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