Ground Rollers

Short-legged Ground Roller

Brachypteracias leptosomus

The Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) is an 185 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Ground Rollers

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

185 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Madagascar.

Where to see it: Andasibe-Mantadia NP (Madagascar); Andasibe Mantadia National Park (Analamazoatra Reserve) (Madagascar); Ranomafana NP (Madagascar).

Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist