Pitta-like ground roller

Pitta-like ground roller
At Zurich Zoologischer Garten, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Brachypteraciidae
Genus: Atelornis
Species: A. pittoides
Binomial name
Atelornis pittoides
Lafresnaye, 1834

The pitta-like ground roller (Atelornis pittoides) is a species of bird in the Brachypteraciidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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