Brachypteracias
Brachypteracias | |
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Short-legged ground roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Brachypteraciidae |
Genus: | Brachypteracias Lafresnaye, 1834 |
Brachypteracias is a small genus of birds in the ground-roller family Brachypteraciidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.
Species
[edit]There are two species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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†Brachypteracias langrandi — Goodman, 2000 | Ampoza ground roller | Madagascar. | |
Brachypteracias leptosomus — (Lesson, 1833) | Short-legged ground roller | Madagascar. |