Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Coraciiformes > Brachypteraciidae > Geobiastes > Geobiastes squamiger

Geobiastes squamiger (Scaly Ground Roller)

Synonyms: Brachypteracias squamiger; Brachypteracias squamigera; Brachypteracias squamigera squamigera

Wikipedia Abstract

The scaly ground roller (Geobiastes squamiger) is a species of bird in a monotypic genus 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Geobiastes squamiger

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Geobiastes squamiger

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  155 grams
Male Weight [1]  155 grams

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Madagascar lowland forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Scolopendra morsitans (Common centipede)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0