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The African ostrich is the largest living ratite. A large member of this species can be nearly 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in) tall, weigh as much as 156 kilograms (344 lb), [18] and can outrun a horse.
Name Binomial Name Status Distribution Great spotted kiwi: Apteryx haastii VU South Island, New Zealand Little spotted kiwi: Apteryx owenii LR/nt
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Dromaius (from greek δρομαίυς "runner") is a genus of ratite present in Australia. There is one extant species, Dromaius novaehollandiae, commonly known as the emu. In his original 1816 description of the emu, Louis Pierre Vieillot used two generic names; first Dromiceius, then Dromaius a few pages later.
The moas Dinornis robustus and Pachyornis elephantopus, tinamous' extinct ratite cousins from New Zealand. The tinamou family consists of 46 extant species in nine genera.The two subfamilies are the Nothurinae (also known as the Rhyncotinae), the steppe tinamous, and the Tinaminae, the forest tinamous. [5] "
However, in many analyses, this definition would be synonymous with the more widely used name Ornithurae. An alternate definition was provided in 2001, naming Carinatae an apomorphy-based clade defined by the presence of a keeled sternum. [2] The most primitive known bird relative with a keeled breastbone is Confuciusornis. While some specimens ...
Struthionidae (/ ˌ s t r uː θ i ˈ ɒ n ə d iː /; from Latin strūthiō 'ostrich' and Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) 'appearance, resemblance') is a family of flightless birds, containing the extant ostriches and their extinct relatives.
Diogenornis is an extinct genus of ratites, that lived from the Middle Paleocene [1] to the Early Eocene (Riochican to Casamayoran in the SALMA classification). [2] It was described in 1983 by Brazilian scientist Herculano Marcos Ferraz de Alvarenga based on fossils found in the Itaboraí Formation in southeastern Brazil. [3]