The European roller' (Coracias garrulus'), is a species of roller is the only Coraciidae family member of roller to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East and Central Asia and Morocco. It is a bird of warm, dry, open country with scattered trees, preferring lowland open countryside with patches of oak Quercus forest, mature pine Pinus woodland with heathery clearings, orchards, mixed farmland, river valleys, and plains with scattered thorny or leafy trees. It winters primarily in dry wooded savanna and bushy plains, where it typically nests in tree holes.