Short-legged ground roller

Short-legged ground roller
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Brachypteraciidae
Genus: Brachypteracias
Lafresnaye, 1834
Species: B. leptosomus
Binomial name
Brachypteracias leptosomus
(Lesson, 1833)

The short-legged ground roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) is a species of bird in the Brachypteraciidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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