Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the Brachypteraciinœ, a group of rollers of the family Coraciidœ, peculiar to Madagascar: so called from their terrestrial habits.
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Examples
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Out of the above birds, one is threatened (Madagascar teal), and three are considered vulnerable (white-breasted mesite, long-tailed ground-roller, Madagascar plover).
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The following species are near-endemic: Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri), Madagascar plover (Charadrius thoracicus), and long-tailed ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera).
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Several endemic bird species such as Crossley's ground-roller (Atelornis crossleyi), cryptic warbler (Cryptosylvicola randianasoloi) and yellow-bellied sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha) occur in the upper portion of these mountains.
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One of five endemic avian families in Madagascar.
January 10, 2008