Scaly Ground Roller
Geobiastes squamiger(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
English (US) Scaly Ground Roller
The Scaly Ground Roller (Geobiastes squamiger) 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
- Geobiastes squamiger
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Scaly Ground Roller
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Brachypteracias squamigera
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 1 p.224
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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