释义 |
- Struthionidae Struthio
- Rheidae Rhea
- Apterygidae Apteryx
- Dinornithidae Dinornis Megalapteryx Anomalopteryx Euryapteryx Emeus Pachyornis
- Dromaiidae Dromaius
- Casuariidae Casuarius
- Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis
- References
{{automatic Taxobox |name = Ratites | fossil_range = Paleocene-Holocene {{fossil range|56|0|earliest=70}} {{small|Possible Late Cretaceous record}} | image = Ostriches cape point cropped.jpg | image_caption = Ostrich (Struthio camelus) |taxon = Struthioniformes |authority = Latham, 1790[1] }}This is a list of ratites. StruthionidaeStruthioName | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Ostrich | Struthio camelus | LR/lc | Through central Africa, one subspecies (S. c. australis, or Southern ostrich) lives at the southern tip of Africa | |
RheidaeRheaName | 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 | |
ApterygidaeApteryxName | 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 | 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 | |
DinornithidaeDinornisName | 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 | |
MegalapteryxName | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Upland moa | Megalapteryx didinus | EX | South Island mountains, New Zealand | |
AnomalopteryxName | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Bush moa | Anomalopteryx didiformis | EX | lived in lowland conifers in New Zealand's North Island, and small spots in the South Island | |
EuryapteryxName | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Broad-billed Moa | Euryapteryx curtus | EX | lived on lowlands of New Zealand's North, South, and Stewart Islands | |
EmeusName | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Eastern moa | Emeus crassus | EX | lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island | |
PachyornisName | 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 | |
DromaiidaeDromaiusName | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | LR/lc | Widespread throughout Australia | |
CasuariidaeCasuariusName | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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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 | |
AepyornithidaeAepyornisName | Species | Status | Distribution |
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Aepyornis maximus | EX | Madagascar | Aepyornis gracilis | EX | Madagascar | Aepyornis hildebrandti | EX | Madagascar | Aepyornis medius | EX | Madagascar | |
MullerornisName | Species | Status | Distribution |
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Mullerornis rudis | EX | Madagascar | Mullerornis betsilei | EX | Madagascar | Mullerornis agilis | EX | Madagascar | |
References1. ^Brands, Sheila (2008)
1 : Ratites |