Pitta-like Ground Roller
Atelornis pittoides(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1834)
English (US) Pitta-like Ground Roller
The Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Brachypteraciidae (Ground Rollers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: humid forest of MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Atelornis pittoides
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pitta-like Ground Roller
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1834)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Brachypteracias pittoides
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1834)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 4 cl.2 pl.32,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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