A photo of a Oriental Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
Oriental Dollarbird

Oriental Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

The Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive pale blue or white, coin-shaped spots on its wings. It can be found from Australia to Korea, Japan and India. The oriental dollarbird has a length of up to 30 cm. It is dark brown but this is heavily washed with a bluish-green sheen on the back and wing coverts. Its belly and undertail coverts are light coloured, and it has glossy bright blue colouring on its throat and undertail. Its flight feathers are a darker blue. Its bill is short and wide and in mature animals is coloured orange-red with a black tip. It has very light blue patches on the outer parts of its wings which are highly visible in flight and for which it is named. The females are slightly duller than the males but overall the two are very similar. Immature birds are much duller than the adults and do not have the blue colouring on their throats. They also have brown bills and feet instead of the red of the adults.
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Sue Adams
Sunday 15 Jan 2023 - 1:40am
Australia
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Peter Newbery
Thursday 05 Jan 2023 - 3:50am
Australia
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Eloise Croucamp
Tuesday 03 Jan 2023 - 10:53pm
Australia
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Eloise Croucamp
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Australia
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