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Cuckoo Roller

Female or juvenile cuckoo roller

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	see text
Family:	Leptosomatidae
Genus:	Leptosomus Vieillot, 1816
Species:	L. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot ( May 10, 1748 - 1831 was a French Ornithologist. discolor

Binomial name

Leptosomus discolor
(Hermann, 1783)

The Cuckoo-roller, Leptosomus discolor, is the only bird in the family Leptosomatidae, which is usually considered to be within the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. Johann, or Jean, Hermann ( December 31, 1738 in Barr, Alsace - October 4, 1800 in Strasbourg Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful Near passerine Birds including the Kingfishers the Hoopoe, the Bee-eaters the Kingfishers are small bright colored Birds of the three families Alcedinidae ( River kingfishers, Halcyonidae ( Tree kingfishers, and Cerylidae ( Water The bee-eaters are a group of Near passerine Birds in the family Meropidae The rollers are an Old World family of Near passerine Birds related to the Kingfishers and Bee-eaters The group gets its name However, there is morphological evidence for a placement within or near to Falconiformes. The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 Species of Birds that include the diurnal birds of prey. It was formerly known by the name coural.

This is a medium-sized species of forests in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern The Comoros (ˈkɒməroʊz; جزر القمر Juzur al-Qumur) officially the Union of the Comoros (Union des Comores الإتّحاد القمريّ It eats small prey such as insects. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described

Unlike the true rollers and ground rollers, where the sexes have identical appearance, the male and female Cuckoo Roller have distinctive plumages. The ground-rollers are a small family of non-migratory Near-passerine Birds restricted to Madagascar. Plumage refers both to the layer of Feathers that cover a Bird and the pattern colour and arrangement of those feathers Males are mostly velvety grey. The back, tail, and wings are dark shiny green. They have a black eyestripe. Females and young birds are mostly brown marked with darker streaks.

Like most members of the order, cuckoo rollers nest in tunnels in banks, laying about white eggs.

References

Male cuckoo-roller

^ BirdLife International (2004). BirdLife International (formerly known as the International Council for Bird Preservation, not to be confused with Birds International) is the international conservation Leptosomus discolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

Cuckoo Roller videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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