Genus of birds
Atelornis is a small genus of birds in the ground-roller family Brachypteraciidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
Species
There are two species:
Genus Atelornis – Pucheran, 1846 – two species
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Scientific name and subspecies
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Range
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Size and ecology
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IUCN status and estimated population
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| Rufous-headed ground roller
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Atelornis crossleyi
Sharpe, 1875
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Madagascar.
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NT
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| Pitta-like ground roller
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Atelornis pittoides
Lafresnaye, 1834
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Madagascar.
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LC
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References
- ^ 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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