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Luke's Madagascar Birds
Short-legged Groundroller, Brachypteracias leptosomus
Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
Photographs © Luke W. Cole
The Groundrollers as a family are endemic to Madagascar. See also Pitta-like Groundroller.
As anyone knows who has tried to photograph birds in rainforest in general, and groundrollers in particular, these are very tough birds to get decent shots of. The low light and skulking habits conspired to make these the best I could do. Without Patrice Rabearisoa's expert guidance, I wouldn't have even seen any of these lovely birds.
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