Mesites
family of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mesites are small birds which only occur on Madagascar. They are flightless, or near-flightless. There are three species, in two genera. The IUCN has classified them as near-threatened. The IUCN estimates that there are only about 145.000 birds left. They look like doves.
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Genera ...
Mesites | |
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Subdesert mesite (Monias benschi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Columbimorphae |
Order: | Mesitornithiformes Wetmore, 1960 |
Family: | Mesitornithidae Wetmore, 1960 |
Genera | |
Mesitornis | |
Respective ranges: brown mesite in orange, white-breasted mesite in green and subdesert mesite in blue |
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