# What kind of bird is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430 "2017-11-12T16:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430/1 "2017-11-12T16:27:11Z")
[https://pixabay.com/en/bird-songbird-cute-close-animal-515031/](https://pixabay.com/en/bird-songbird-cute-close-animal-515031/) This was used as the header for a story on [Futurism.com](http://Futurism.com) and I thought the bird was pretty cool looking but I’m no ornithologist myself and [my Google Image search](https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZiutTd68dYsED13dMdl8ZsIAfiffLtlzhibT7obAaNuGV3i3_1EoleEDwHxHNFvmoht7wCzzOqMWDy-ou5NqVCsfQMih0YZ2UeCaubIXTOn0Nf7hfqSAwJmqgLHQCkjQDehmHo8SfmRMYm-PGtdhZPeWFfhJ7PA2pFNwhjBOO9Ab94pjql8XzkVfP8w1Rudbb16NWfJiko0PRltd-JFUM0_1P_1LUANCKghpwVIdkc3uGALbTIkLGo_1QcynM6QSf0V9conmDx8mSLcMGJgX7CHWP2osGWmFEpfUmOs6xzTUXVTvM8AipiDcmACeV8U00xFtLmk1ApFa1SdB8D91EkBdAWEx_1HVpuA&biw=1324&bih=969&site=search&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNkJbYt7nXAhWHxVQKHaKXCwcQ9Q8IIygA) returned only a handful of results, most or all of which appeared to be others simply using the same license-free image. I’m no arborist either, so I can’t even use the tree to help figure out where the picture might have been taken to narrow things down. Can anyone identify this bird for me? Thanks, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430/2 "2017-11-12T16:40:40Z")
[Lilac-breasted Roller.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac-breasted_roller) Common in sub-Saharan Africa. ---
**Author:** ![blogflogdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@blogflogdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blogflogdog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430/3 "2017-11-12T16:45:54Z")
The photoshoppedist queerwinged chirpbird of discovered islands in the lava waves deep under the erotic rainbow lands ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430/4 "2017-11-12T16:53:33Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > my Google Image search returned only a handful of results, most or all of which appeared to be others simply using the same license-free image. I read that as something like “my google image search returned only a handful of results, most of which called it a license free image (har har har)”. But immediately thought of [Andy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinpRhB4aWU). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430/5 "2017-11-12T17:33:27Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Lilac-breasted Roller.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac-breasted_roller) Common in sub-Saharan Africa. Excellent! Thank you, **Colibri**! ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430/6 "2017-11-12T18:17:34Z")
Really a beautiful bird ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/801430/8 "2017-11-13T20:26:36Z")
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