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Long-tailed Ground Roller
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Author: Frank VassenPermission(Reusing this file)This image, which was originally posted to Flickr.com, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 17:17, 5 March 2011 (UTC) by Attis1979 (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license below.This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
The Long-tailed Ground Roller is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera) = Species information - * Facts & Status * Description * Range & Habitat * Biology * Threats & Conservation * Find out more * Glossary & References * All * More
The long-tailed ground roller is the only species belonging to the genusUratelornis. It is a spectacular bird, and unique in appearance, looking like a combination of a roadrunner, a pitta and a roller (4), a characteristic that earns this bird the specific name chimaera, which refers to the Chimaera of Greek mythology, which was a composite of a lion, a goat and a snake. More
The spectacular Long-tailed Ground Roller, the undoubted highlight for most of us for the day. Moosa took us to a nesting site (K. Barnes). 8 Oct: Mangily (Ifaty). We were once again up early to take advantage of the coolness of the morning More
Long-tailed Ground Roller - Uratelornis chimaera Web 420x243 (32kb) Cliquez pour voir "Long-tailed Ground-Roller" résultat 5 128 x 85 50 kb The spectacular Long-tailed Ground Roller, the undoubted highlight for most of us for the day. Moosa... More
one, the long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera), confined to a small desert in southwestern Madagascar, is nearly extinct. Ground rollers range from 30 to 40 centimetres (12 to 16 inches) in length. Learn more about "ground roller" Citations - MLA Style: "ground roller." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 17 May. 2010 . APA Style:ground roller. (2010). In Encyclopædia Britannica. More
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* Long-tailed Ground Roller, Uratelornis chimaera * Genus Atelornis * Pitta-like Ground Roller, Atelornis pittoides * Rufous-headed Ground Roller, Atelornis crossleyi References - 1. ^ a b c Forshaw, J. & Kemp, A. (1991). Forshaw, Joseph. ed. Encyclopaedia of Animals: Birds. London: Merehurst Press. pp. 147. ISBN 1-85391-186-0. More
Family : Brachypteraciidae
Genus : Uratelornis
Species : chimaera
Authority : Rothschild, 1895