ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLERS AND THEIR ALLIES
THE ROLLERS
Pitta-Rollers
Madagascar is the home of a group of four genera {Brachypteracias, Atelornis, Coracopitta, and Uratelornis) and five species of ground-haunting forms known as Pitta-Rollers, distinguished by the elongated and stout tarsus and mainly terrestrial habits. They frequent the dense forests and are not often seen on the wing, keeping mostly to the ground or perching on low trees, and by some observers they are said to be more or less crepuscular.
They feed on insects, small reptiles, etc., which they seek by scratching among the moss and dead leaves after the manner of gallinaceous birds. Not much is definitely known regarding their nidification, but they appear to deposit their white eggs in holes in trees or banks. It is believed by the natives that some of the species hibernate.
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