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Leptosomatidae - French
URL: http://listoiseauxmonde.multimania.com/Leptosomatid.html

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Courol stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/species/90001.htm

Stamps showing Courol (Leptosomus discolor).

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Cuckoo-Roller page - English
URL: http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/cuckoo-roller.html

The Cuckoo-Roller is one of five endemic families in Madagascar, and there is but a single species, the Cuckoo-Roller (all photos on this page). They are often seen in pairs, like the two silhouetted at left, and are essentially arboreal. The head is large and rounded and looks out of proportion for the rest of the body, as shown on the nice silhouette shot below by Lillian Johnson. Early ornithologists described them as "lazy and stupid," but that was likely because they are fairly tame and easily shot (Perrins 1976).

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