Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Purple roller (Coracias naevius mosambicus).jpg

File:Purple roller (Coracias naevius mosambicus).jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Coraciidae (Rollers)
•  Info All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:52, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:52, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support The crop feels a bit too tight IMHO but still a great capture Poco a poco (talk) 09:34, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support ----The Cosmonaut (talk) 13:18, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Basotxerri (talk) 17:10, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:32, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Cmao20 (talk) 23:18, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
• Weak  Oppose - Fine picture of the bird, but the blurred vegetation in the nearest foreground on the left side really distracts my view, and since this species is classified as "least concern" per Wikipedia, I think you will snap a greater photo of it the next time it's safe to travel to Southern Africa. If it were a rare bird, I would support. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:05, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

• “Least Concern” is a misleading term, Ikan Kekek. It relates only to the risk of extinction. The porcupine is classified of least concern, but I've never seen one, never mind photographed it. The same applies to practically every tiny mammal, unless they are enticed by food. The purple roller is not a common bird. I've seen a few, but this is the only one I've been able to photograph. Of the five South African rollers, the most common is the lilac roller, with hundreds of good photos and four FPs. You see it every day on safari. It perches in plain sight and does not scare easily. The least common is Coracias spatulatus. I've never seen it. Not a single decent image on Commons. But still classified as ‘of least concern’. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:22, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

• OK. On that basis, I will  Support. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:06, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 15:04, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 00:21, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Aristeas (talk) 09:55, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 10:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:24, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 14:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:53, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
•  Weak support Nice bird, distracting blurry foreground -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:55, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 12:49, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds#Family : Coraciidae (Rollers)