Pitta-like ground roller

Pitta-like ground roller
At Zurich Zoologischer Garten, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Brachypteraciidae
Genus: Atelornis
Species: A. pittoides
Binomial name
Atelornis pittoides

The pitta-like ground roller (Atelornis pittoides) is a species of bird in the family Brachypteraciidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Atelornis pittoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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