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Species Status Distribution Lesser elephant bird: Mullerornis modestus EX Madagascar References This page was last edited on 31 January 2025, at 10:02 (UTC). Text is ...
The African ostrich is the largest living ratite. A large member of this species can be nearly 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in) tall, weigh as much as 156 kilograms (344 lb), [18] and can outrun a horse. Of the living species, the Australian emu is next in height, reaching up to 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) tall and about 50 kilograms (110 lb). [18]
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Skeletal mount (note damaged skull) Presently, most authorities consider the southern cassowary monotypic, but several subspecies have been described. [3] It has proven very difficult to confirm the validity of these due to individual variations, age-related variations, the relatively few available specimens (and the bright skin of the head and neck – the basis upon which several subspecies ...
The natural history observational skills required for accurate species identification in the field are neglected in formal education at all levels. iSpot is intended to help solve this problem by combining learning technology with crowdsourcing to connect beginners with experts.
Rheidae / ˈ r iː ɪ d iː / is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene. [2] It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea , but also contains several extinct genera.
The moas Dinornis robustus and Pachyornis elephantopus, tinamous' extinct ratite cousins from New Zealand. The tinamou family consists of 46 extant species in nine genera.The two subfamilies are the Nothurinae (also known as the Rhyncotinae), the steppe tinamous, and the Tinaminae, the forest tinamous. [5] "
It is the smallest of the five kiwi species, at about 0.9 to 1.9 kg (2– 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 lb), about the size of a bantam. It is endemic to New Zealand, and in pre-European times occurred in both main islands, but is now restricted to a number of small offshore islands, and mainland reserves protected by pest-exclusion fences .