- The
mesites (
Mesitornithidae) are a
family of
birds that are part of a
clade (Columbimorphae) that
include Columbiformes and Pterocliformes. They are...
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contains Columbiformes (pigeons and doves),
Pteroclidae (sandgrouse),
Mesitornithidae (mesites) and
Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes).
Until their recent...
- even
remotely related to Grues. The
families of
mesites or
roatelos (
Mesitornithidae), button-quails (Turnicidae),
Australian plains-wanderer (Pedionomidae)...
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species Family Pteroclidae:
sandgrouse Madagascar; 3
species Family Mesitornithidae:
mesites Worldwide; 97
species Caprimulgidae:
nightjars South America;...
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monophyletic groups. Historically, the
buttonquails (Turnicidae),
mesites (
Mesitornithidae) and the
hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) were
placed in the Galliformes...
- (Struthionidae),
rheas (Rheidae), c****owaries (Casuariidae),
mesites (
Mesitornithidae),
bustards (Otididae),
pigeons and
doves (Columbidae),
amazon parrots...
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Mesitornis is a
genus of
birds in the
family Mesitornithidae. Its two members. the white-breasted
mesite and the
brown mesite are
endemic to Madagascar...
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Mesitornithidae Mesitornis Monias...
- Falconidae, Gruidae, Aramidae, Psophiidae, Rhinochetidae, Eurypygidae,
Mesitornithidae, Pteroclididae,
Opisthocomidae and Steatornithidae. It
contains 2-6...
- Madagascar. It is one of
three species in the
mesite family or the
Mesitornithidae, and
though classified as
vulnerable by the
International Union for...
