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BRACHYPTERACIIDAE - Ground-rollers (4:5)
BRACHYPTERACIAS Lafresnaye, 1834 M - Colaris leptosomus Lesson, 1833; type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1840, A List of the Genera of Birds, p. 9).
Brachypteracias leptosomus (Lesson, 1833) Short-legged Ground-roller
vNE and E Madagascar
GEOBIASTES Sharpe, 1871 M - Brachypteracias squamiger Lafresnaye, 1838; type by monotypy 1 Geobiastes squamiger (Lafresnaye, 1838) Scaly Ground-roller
vNE Madagascar
URATELORNIS Rothschild, 1895 M - Uratelornis chimaera Rothschild, 1895; type by original designation and monotypy
Uratelornis chimaera Rothschild, 1895 Long-tailed Ground-roller
iSW Madagascar
ATELORNIS Pucheran, 1846 M - Brachypteracias pittoides Lafresnaye, 1834; type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1855, Cat. of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, p. 13).
Atelornis pittoides (Lafresnaye, 1834) Pitta-like Ground-roller
iNE and E Madagascar
Atelornis crossleyi Sharpe, 1875 Rufous-headed Ground-roller
iNE and E Madagascar