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Long-tailed Ground Roller
Uratelornis chimaera
-22.68, 43.46
Field Notes
Description:
The Ground-Rollers are a unique family of five distinctive species found only in Madagascar. Four of them occur in the rain-forest of the eastern escarpment; the fifth is found only in the spiny deserts of the southwest, but without the assistance of local guides the species can be very difficult to locate.
Habitat:
Endemic to the island nation of Madagascar.
Seen in the Spiny desert forest north of ifaty on the SW coast.
Notes:
Classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to ongoing habitat destruction and a decline in the quality of the remaining habitat.
It is considered by birdwatchers to be one of the world's most elusive birds.
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PublishedJune 1, 2014
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