Indian Roller, பனங்காடை

Common name: Indian Roller
Tamil Name: காடை 

Scientific name: Coracias benghalensis

Photo credit: B. S. Karthikeyan

Photo shot at: Open 1st floor of Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Center, BDU.

This is a member of roller family birds. A very common bird of India and is best known for aerobatic displays of the male during the breeding season. They are very commonly seen perched along roadside trees and wires and are commonly seen in open grassland and scrub forest habitats.