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This is a list of ratites.
Struthionidae[]
Struthio[]
Name
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Binomial Name
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Status
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Distribution
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Common ostrich
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Struthio camelus
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LR/lc
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Through central and southern Africa, four subspecies are recognized
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Somali ostrich
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Struthio molybdophanes
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VU
|
Native to the Horn of Africa
|
Rheidae[]
Rhea[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
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Status
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Distribution
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Greater rhea
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Rhea americana
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LR/nt
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South American pampas
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Lesser rhea
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Rhea pennata
|
LR/nt
|
Population in Chile and in Argentina
|
Apterygidae[]
Apteryx[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
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Great spotted kiwi
|
Apteryx haastii
|
VU
|
South Island, New Zealand
|
Little spotted kiwi
|
Apteryx owenii
|
LR/nt
|
Multiple small islands in New Zealand
|
Okarito kiwi
|
Apteryx rowi
|
DD
|
Okarito forest in New Zealand's South Island
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Southern brown kiwi
|
Apteryx australis
|
VU
|
A small population in the South Island and another on Stewart Island in New Zealand
|
North Island brown kiwi
|
Apteryx mantelli
|
EN
|
Scattered through New Zealand's North Island
|
Dinornithidae[]
Dinornis[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
North Island giant moa
|
Dinornis novaezealdniae
|
EX
|
lived in the lowlands of New Zealand's North and South Islands
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South Island giant moa
|
Dinornis robustus
|
EX
|
lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island
|
Megalapteryx[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
Upland moa
|
Megalapteryx didinus
|
EX
|
South Island mountains, New Zealand
|
Anomalopteryx[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
Bush moa
|
Anomalopteryx didiformis
|
EX
|
lived in lowland conifers in New Zealand's North Island, and small spots in the South Island
|
Euryapteryx[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
Broad-billed Moa
|
Euryapteryx curtus
|
EX
|
lived on lowlands of New Zealand's North, South, and Stewart Islands
|
Emeus[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
Eastern moa
|
Emeus crassus
|
EX
|
lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island
|
Pachyornis[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
Heavy-footed Moa
|
Pachyornis elephantopus
|
EX
|
lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island
|
Mantell's moa
|
Pachyornis geranoides
|
EX
|
lived in lowlands of New Zealand's North, South, and Stewart Islands
|
Crested Moa
|
Pachyornis australis
|
EX
|
dominant moa of far north and far south of New Zealand's South Island
|
Dromaiidae[]
Dromaius[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
Emu
|
Dromaius novaehollandiae
|
LR/lc
|
Widespread throughout Australia
|
Casuariidae[]
Casuarius[]
Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
|
Casuarius lydekki
|
EX
|
|
Southern cassowary
|
Casuarius casuarius
|
VU
|
northern Queensland, Australia
|
Northern cassowary
|
Casuaraius unappendiculatus
|
VU
|
Northern Papua New Guinea and East Timor
|
Dwarf cassowary
|
Casuarius bennetti
|
LR/lc
|
Central East Timor and Papua New Guinea
|
Aepyornithidae[]
Aepyornis[]
Name
|
Species
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
|
Aepyornis maximus
|
EX
|
Madagascar
|
|
Aepyornis gracilis
|
EX
|
Madagascar
|
|
Aepyornis hildebrandti
|
EX
|
Madagascar
|
|
Aepyornis medius
|
EX
|
Madagascar
|
Mullerornis[]
Name
|
Species
|
Status
|
Distribution
|
|
Mullerornis rudis
|
EX
|
Madagascar
|
|
Mullerornis betsilei
|
EX
|
Madagascar
|
|
Mullerornis agilis
|
EX
|
Madagascar
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