Broad-billed Rollers on five islands

Broad-billed Roller at Coetivy (Girish Menon)

Broad-billed Rollers Eurystomus glaucurus glaucurus migrate between Madagascar (where they breed) and mainland Africa (where other races breed). SBRC collect reports from throughout Seychelles, classing the species as an annual visitor to the Aldabra group and a vagrant to other islands. Where it has been possible to assign race, all records have been identified as the Madagascar nominate race.
This year there have been  reports of birds present at Aldabra, Alphonse, Farquhar, Desroches and Coëtivy. In chronological order, these are:

• One at Alphonse on 13-14 October (Christopher Narty, Oksana Simpson).
• One at Farquhar on 21-24 October (Priya Didon, Liam Padayachy, Alex Rose)
• One at Aldabra on 26-28 October (Nikita Pothin, Megan O’Brien, Francis Salomon)
• One at Desroches on 28-31 October (James Wareing, Elisabeth Hein)
• One at Aldabra on 6 November (Nikita Pothin, Megan O’Brien)
• One at Coëtivy on 9 November (Girish Menon)
  

Broad-billed Rollers from top left to bottom right: at Aldabra (Nikita Pothin), Alphonse (Christopher Narty), Desroches (James Wareing), Farquhar (Priya Didon) and two photos Coetivy (Girish Menon)