The Cuckoo-roller is the only member of the family Leptosomatidae. The placement of this family in the Coraciiformes is in dispute. However, as it is placed there in the 6th edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, I will leave it here for now.
The Cuckoo-roller lives in Madagascar and the nearby Comoros Islands. It apparently lives primarily on insects and lizards including geckos and chameleons.
Classification:
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Leptosomatidae
Genus: Leptosomus
Species: L. discolor
Photos:
Cuckoo Roller in zoo
"Tsimbazaza zoo in Tana"
Photo courtesy of pinebird
Cuckoo-roller
"A male Cuckoo-roller (Leptosomus discolor). Isalo National Park, Madagascar. Endemic to Madagascar."
Photo courtesy of David Thyberg
