Short-legged Ground-roller Brachypteracias leptosomus

Short-legged Ground-roller Brachypteracias leptosomus

Perinet (Analamazaotra), Madagascar
November 2016

The Short-legged Ground-roller is endemic to Madagascar where it is found in undisturbed, damp, primary forest up to about 1,500 metres. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

It is classified as Vulnerable given a combination of habitat loss and global warming.

Ground-roller is a bit of a misnomer as it is the most arboreal of the family spending much of its time in the trees. We had the feeling that the pair in photo 1 might have had a nest in the epiphyte on the left.

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