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| Mesites | |
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| Subdesert mesite (Monias benschi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Columbimorphae |
| Order: | Mesitornithiformes Wetmore, 1960 |
| Family: | Mesitornithidae Wetmore, 1960 |
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| Respective ranges: brown mesite in orange, white-breasted mesite in green and subdesert mesite in blue | |
The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds that are part of a clade (Columbimorphae) that include Columbiformes and Pterocliformes.[1] They are smallish flightless or near flightless birds endemic to Madagascar. All the species of this clade are listed as vulnerable.
- ^ Jarvis, E.D.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science. 346 (6215): 1320–1331. Bibcode:2014Sci...346.1320J. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMC 4405904. PMID 25504713.