Burung tropis (Tropical Birds)
Cuckoo Roller
Leptosomus discolor
- epik
- 43 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The sole member of its entire family, found only on Madagascar and Comoros.
- Populasi
- Unquantified globally; described as widespread in suitable habitat but patchily distributed and locally uncommon elsewhere, with a suspected slow decreasing trend
- Habitat
- Forests and woodlands (medium forest dependency) — subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest (major habitat), montane forest, dry forest, littoral/spiny bush-forest, plus grassland, shrubland, and plantations; occurs from sea level to ~2,180 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- The Cuckoo Roller is the sole living member of both its family (Leptosomidae) and order (Leptosomiformes), and despite its name is not closely related to true cuckoos or true rollers.
- Sebaran
- Resident endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands (including Mayotte, Anjouan, Grande Comore); Extent of Occurrence ~928,000 km²
- Makanan
- Carnivorous — primarily chameleons and large insects (locusts, grasshoppers, cicadas, caterpillars, stick insects); also geckos
- Ukuran
- 0,45 m
- Masa hidup
- 4,1 tahun
