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Pitta-like Ground Roller

Atelornis pittoides

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 92 g
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 1
Photo: Frank Vassen · CC BY 2.0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 2
Photo: Frank Vassen · CC BY 2.0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 3
Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 4
Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 5
Photo: Frank Vassen · CC BY 2.0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 6
Photo: Frank Vassen · CC BY 2.0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 7
Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 8
Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides), photo 9
Photo: amantedarmanin · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The pitta-like ground roller is a small and slender member of the family, 25 to 29 cm (9.8–11.4 in) long and weighing 74–114 g (2.6–4.0 oz). It has a cobalt-blue head with a black mask and a white supercilium and throat, which is bordered in blue. The upperparts are bronzy green and the belly is white with buff flanks, and the breast and back have a rufous band.

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When to see the Pitta-like Ground Roller

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pitta-like Ground Roller

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Madagascar

About the Pitta-like Ground Roller

The pitta-like ground roller is a species of bird in the ground roller family Brachypteraciidae. The species is monotypic, having no subspecies. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Rufous-headed Ground Roller (Atelornis crossleyi) Rufous-headed Ground RollerAtelornis crossleyiThe sexes are similar in this distinctively-coloured bird about 25 cm (10 in) long.

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