Short-legged Ground Roller
Brachypteracias leptosomus(Lesson, RP, 1833)
English (US) Short-legged Ground Roller
The Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) 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: dense rainforest of central and northeastern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Brachypteracias leptosomus
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Short-legged Ground Roller
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1833)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Colaris leptosomus
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1833)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Illustrations de zoologie, ou recueil de figures d'animaux peintes d'après nature livr.7 textpl.20
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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