The Scaly Ground Roller is a bird species native to Madagascar. It’s known for its striking appearance with scales-like patterns on its plumage. It’s a ground-dwelling bird and part of the roller family, characterized by their vibrant colours.
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The Scaly Ground Roller inhabits the rainforests of northeastern Madagasca, where they can forage for insects and small vertebrates on the ground.
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It is one of my favourite birds from Madagasca, have photographed both at Andasibe and Masoala.
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Andasibe is easy to access by car from Tana, whereas Masoala is more complicated to visit, but I prefer Masoala more, there are more cool birds there, at one point I nearly photographed two of those ground rollers together foraging on the ground near Arol Lodge. They are less skittish and
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