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Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Kurolec Dlouhoocasý
Common Names in Danish:
Langhalet Ellekrage
Common Names in Dutch:
Langstaart-Grondscharrelaar, Langstaartgrondscharrelaar
Common Names in English:
Long Tailed Ground Roller, Long-Tailed Ground Roller, Long-Tailed Ground-Roller
Common Names in Estonian:
Händ-Maaraag
Common Names in Finnish:
Pyrstömarhi
Common Names in French:
Brachyptérolle à Longue Queue
Common Names in German:
Langschwanz-Erdracke
Common Names in Italian:
Coracia Terragnola Codalunga, Ghiandaia Marina Terricola Codalunga
Common Names in Japanese:
Onagajibuppousou
Common Names in Latin:
Uratelornis chimaera
Common Names in Malagasy:
Bokitsy
Common Names in Norwegian:
Langhalemarkråke
Common Names in Polish:
Dziwokraska
Common Names in Slovak:
Krakl'ovec Dlhochvostý
Common Names in Spanish:
Carraca Terrestre De Cola Larga, Carraca-Terrestre Colilarga
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: This terrestrial
species is found from sea-level to 80 m
in both sparse, coastal scrub
and in deciduous, low-stature (4-6 m) spiny
forest
. It is tolerant
of disturbance
by livestock, having been observed in extremely degraded forest close to villages6. It appears to be socially monogamous and defends small territories around the nest-hole during the breeding season
. Breeding peaks in November4.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Coraciiformes
()
- Genus:
Uratelornis
()
- Rothschild 1895 Novit.Zool. 2 p.479
- Specific name:
chimaera
- Rothschild 1895 Novit.Zool. 2 p.479
- Scientific name: - Uratelornis chimaera Rothschild 1895
- Specific name:
chimaera
- Rothschild 1895 Novit.Zool. 2 p.479
- Genus:
Uratelornis
(
- Order:
Coraciiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Uratelornis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
U. chimaera (Long-Tailed Ground Roller) · U. chimera
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 152, p. 231, p. 439.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 504.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 479.
- Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology / edited by R.V. Melville and J.D.D. Smith. London: ICZN, 1987. ENG url p. 183.
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Berlin. GER url p. 28, p. 86.
- Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley [London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909] ENG url p. 378, p. 633.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Uratelornis chimaera. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853671
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554533
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554533
- IUCN ID: 22773
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: B037
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10535
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
