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Mesitornithidae:
The mesites are a small group of birds of uncertain affinities often alternatively placed with the Rallidae.
They are smallish, near flightless birds endemic to Madagascar. They are brownish birds generally with paler undersides. There are two genera, Mesitornis, the White-breasted Mesite and the Brown Mesite, and Monias, the Subdesert Mesite. |
