Coraciiformes

Cuckoo-roller (Leptosomidae)

HBW 6, p. 390 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 6 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Medium-sized arboreal birds with disproportionately large head, round body and short legs.
• Madagascar and Comoro Is.
• Tropical and subtropical forest and secondary habitats.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 3 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.