Long-tailed Ground-roller

Long-tailed Ground-roller

Taxobox
name = Long-tailed Ground-roller



status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Brachypteraciidae
genus = "Uratelornis"
genus_authority =
species = "U. chimaera"
binomial = "Uratelornis chimaera"
binomial_authority = Rothschild, 1895
synonyms =
The Long-tailed Ground-roller ("Uratelornis chimaera") is a species of bird in the family(biology) Brachypteraciidae, in the monotypic genus "Uratelornis".It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22773/all Uratelornis chimaera] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1049&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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