Atelornis is a small genus of birds in the ground-roller family Brachypteraciidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
| Atelornis | |
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| Pitta-like ground roller | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Brachypteraciidae |
| Genus: | Atelornis Pucheran, 1846 |
Species
editThere 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
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Atelornis crossleyi Sharpe, 1875 |
Madagascar. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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| Pitta-like ground roller
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Atelornis pittoides Lafresnaye, 1834 |
Madagascar. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
edit- ^ Zoology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of (1892). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Picariœ, Coraciœ (contin.) and Halcyones, with the families Leptosomatidœ, Coraciidœ, Meropidœ,Alcedinidœ, Momotidœ, Todidœ, and Coliidœ, by R.B. Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones, by W.R. Ogilvie-Grant. order of the Trustees. pp. 7–12.
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