List of ratites explained
This is a list of ratites.
Codes used in Status columns in tables below
- Extinct (EX) – No known living individuals
- Extinct in the wild (EW) – Known only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range
- Critically endangered (CR) – Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
- Endangered (EN) – Higher risk of extinction in the wild
- Vulnerable (VU) – High risk of extinction in the wild
- Near threatened (NT) – Likely to become endangered in the near future
- Conservation Dependent (CD) – Low risk; is conserved to prevent being near threatened, certain events may lead it to being a higher risk level
- Least concern (LC) – Very Low risk; does not qualify for a higher risk category and not likely to be threatened in the near future. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
Struthionidae
Struthio
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Common ostrich | Struthio camelus | LR/lc | Through central and southern Africa, four subspecies are recognized |
Somali ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | VU | Native to the Horn of Africa |
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Rheidae
Rhea
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Greater rhea | Rhea americana | LR/nt | South American pampas |
Lesser rhea | Rhea pennata | LR/nt | Population in Chile and in Argentina |
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Apterygidae
Apteryx
Dinornithidae
Dinornis
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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North Island giant moa | Dinornis novaezealdniae | EX | lived in the lowlands of New Zealand's North and South Islands |
South Island giant moa | Dinornis robustus | EX | lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island |
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Pachyornis
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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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 |
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Dromaiidae
Dromaius
Casuariidae
Casuarius
Aepyornithidae
Aepyornis
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