Ground roller
| Ground roller | |
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| Rufous-headed ground-roller (Atelornis crossleyi), in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Brachypteraciidae Bonaparte, 1854 |
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The ground rollers, Brachypteraciidae, are a small family of non-migratory birds restricted to Madagascar. They are members of the order Coraciiformes and are most closely related to the rollers in the family Coraciidae.