Pitta-like Ground Roller — Photo: Winkelbohrer · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pitta-like Ground Roller

Atelornis pittoides

LCLeast Concern Endemic to Madagascar

Family: Ground Rollers (Brachypteraciidae)
Order: Coraciiformes

Overview

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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to see it

Destination guides featuring this bird

Madagascar: Ranomafana and the spiny forest

Madagascar Madagascar: Ranomafana and the spiny forest Ground rollers and mesites found nowhere else on Earth.

JJanuary: Good
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Poor or no data
AApril: Poor or no data
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Good
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Best

Range and habitat

Humid forest of Madagascar.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Africa

Countries

Madagascar

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.