Atelornis
Genus of birds
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Pitta-like ground roller | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Brachypteraciidae |
Genus: | Atelornis Pucheran, 1846 |
Atelornis is a small genus of birds in the ground-roller family Brachypteraciidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.
Species
There are two species:
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Rufous-headed ground roller
| Atelornis crossleyi Sharpe, 1875 | Madagascar. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | NT
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Pitta-like ground roller
| Atelornis pittoides Lafresnaye, 1834 | Madagascar. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Genera of trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, woodpeckers and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Infraclass: Neognathae
- Clade: Coraciimorphae
- Clade: Cavitaves
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