The taxon comprises 1 species, Leptosomusdiscolor, in the family Leptosomidae.
Traditional genus-level classification of extant Leptosomiformes, following AviList
checklist v2025. (link)The number of subspecies is given in parentheses.
MayrG (2008), The
Madagascan "Cuckoo-Roller" (Aves: Leptosomidae) is not a roller - notes on the phylogenetic affinities and evolutionary history of a "living fossil", Acta Ornithol. 43, 226-230.
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Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomusdiscolor), male (foto: Mary Yalda)