Ground-rollers (Brachypteraciidae)
Long-tailed Ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera) - HBW 6, p. 388
French: Brachyptérolle à longue queue
German: Langschwanz-Erdracke
Spanish: Carraca-terrestre Colilarga
Taxonomy: Uratelornis chimaera Rothschild, 1895, Madagascar.
Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Madagascar, in area bounded by R Mangoky in N, R Fiherenana in S and inland hills in E.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A close view of a bird on the ground. Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 26 September 2011 47 weeks ago 36 sec 4.8 -
adult under a bush Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 26 August 2007 3 years ago 14 sec 4 -
A close view of a bird walking Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Josh Engel 24 September 2006 4 years ago 8 sec 3.9 -
A bird on a trunk Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Thorsten Stegmann 29 September 2005 7 years ago 12 sec 3.8 -
A close-up of a bird among vegetation. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 3 years ago 32 sec 3 -
A bird on a trunk, looking around. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 3 years ago 28 sec 3
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An adult posing for the tourists
Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar
Tony Palliser 5 November 2011 19 weeks ago 4.7 -
Male running on the ground
Locality Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Dubi Shapiro 5 December 2010 1 year ago 4.1 -
Scratching through the leaf litter at Parc Mosa
Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar
Lee Hunter 1 October 2012 6 weeks ago 4 -
A bird close up but partly screened by thorns and twigs
Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 7 October 2005 3 years ago 4 -
Adult bird perched an the branch.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 3 July 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird close up but partly screened by thorns and twigs
Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 7 October 2005 3 years ago 3.4
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