Respective ranges: brown mesite in orange, white-breasted mesite in green and subdesert mesite in blue
The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds that are part of a clade (Columbimorphae) that include Columbiformes and Pterocliformes.[1] They are smallish flightless or near flightless birds endemic to Madagascar. They are the only family with more than two species in which every species is threatened (all three are listed as vulnerable).[vague][clarification needed]
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The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds that are part of a clade (Columbimorphae) that include Columbiformes and Pterocliformes. They are...
The subdesert mesite (Monias benschi) is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to Madagascar. It is one of three species in the mesite family Mesitornithidae...
Mesites may refer to: the plural of mesite (Mesitornithidae); a family of birds of uncertain affinities. Mesites (beetle), a beetle genus in the tribe...
The brown mesite (Mesitornis unicolor) is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to Madagascar. It is one of three species in the mesite family or the Mesitornithidae...
family Mesitornithidae. Its two members. the white-breasted mesite and the brown mesite are endemic to Madagascar and both species are classified as...
Mesites rufipennis is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. "Mesites rufipennis Report". Integrated...
Mesites subcylindricus is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. "Mesites subcylindricus Report"....
Strisores (nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds and allies) Columbimorphae (mesites, sandgrouse and pigeons) Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes) The three...
calcitrans † New Zealand owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles novaezealandiae † Brown mesite Mesitornis unicolor (possibly flightless, has not been seen flying) Dodo...
v t e Genera of pigeons, sandgrouse, mesites and their extinct allies Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Neoaves Clade: Columbimorphae...
(pigeons and doves), Pterocliformes (sandgrouse), and Mesitornithiformes (mesites). Previous analyses had also recovered this grouping, although the exact...
waterfowl, but rather are part of Columbea, along with doves, sandgrouse, and mesites. Recent molecular studies have suggested a relation with grebes, while...
point to the scientific name used by the IUCN. Brown mesite White-breasted mesite Subdesert mesite Southern rockhopper penguin Macaroni penguin Snares...
sister clade of a group conformed by the sandgrouses (Pterocliformes) and mesites (Mesitornithiformes). The name 'Columbidae' for the family was introduced...
This is a list of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch...
Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2019). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists'...
honeyeater Brown illadopsis Brown inca Brown jacamar Brown jay Brown lory Brown mesite Brown nightjar Brown noddy Brown nunlet Brown oriole Brown parisoma Brown...
extinct adzebills and/or the mesites, and is of unclear relation to the Gruiformes proper. Notably, the kagu and mesites also have powder down. The sunbittern...
David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists'...
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