Long-tailed ground roller  (Uratelornis chimaera)

Deciduous: a plant that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season.
Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
Genera: plural form of 'genus'.
Genus: a category used in taxonomy, which is below ‘family’ and above ‘species’. A genus tends to contain species that have characteristics in common. The genus forms the first part of a ‘binomial’ Latin species name; the second part is the specific name.
Monogamous: having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.

1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003 (March 2004)
   http://www.redlist.org
   
2. BirdLife International 2003 Birdlife’s online World Bird Database: the site for bird conservation Version 2.0. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International (March 2004).
   http://www.birdlife.org
   
3. African Bird Club (March 2004)
   http://www.africanbirdclub.org/feature/grollers.html
   
4. Ground rollers (March 2004)
   http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/ground-rollers.html
   
5. WWF- Madagascar- southern and southwestern Madagascar- Deserts and Xeric shrublands. (March 2004)
   http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/global200/pages/regions/region125.htm