| Pitta-like ground roller | |
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| At Zurich Zoologischer Garten, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Brachypteraciidae |
| Genus: | Atelornis |
| Species: | A. pittoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Atelornis pittoides (Lafresnaye, 1834)
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The pitta-like ground roller (Atelornis pittoides) is a species of bird in the ground roller family Brachypteraciidae. The species is monotypic, having no subspecies. It is endemic to Madagascar.
The species was described by Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1834. The specific name pittoides is a reference to its resemblance to the pittas, an unrelated family of passerine birds.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Atelornis pittoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22682955A92970218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682955A92970218.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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