Brachypteraciidae
Brachypteraciidae
[brə‚kip·ter·ə′sī·ə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology)
The ground rollers, a family of colorful Madagascan birds in the order Coraciiformes.
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Four of the 6 endemic avian families or subfamilies (Bernieridae,
Brachypteraciidae, Philepittinae [Eurylaimidae], and Vangidae) were sampled and found to be parasitized.
The third family is the Coraciidae, or rollers, which are related to the
Brachypteraciidae and Leptosomatidae, two families endemic to Madagascar.
leptosomus; both are restricted to Madagascar, like the entire family of the
Brachypteraciidae, and both, but especially B.
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