Elephant birds are extinct flightless birds belonging to the order Aepyornithiformes that were native to the island of Madagascar. They are thought to...

(which also include ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries and the extinct elephant birds and moa). DNA sequence comparisons have yielded the conclusion that...

didinus † Hildebrandt's elephant bird, Aepyornis hildebrandti † Giant elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus † Lesser elephant bird, Mullerornis modestus †...

7 ft) and a wingspan of 3.65 m (12.0 ft). The largest bird of all time was likely the elephant bird Aepyornis maximus, which was estimated to have weighed...

Random House. The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg while its mother, Mayzie, takes a permanent vacation...

"perching" birds. Birds have wings whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings...

raise and adopt the elephant-bird (a half-elephant calf, half-bird chick), teaching him about being both an elephant and a bird. Judge Yertle the Turtle:...

Aepyornis is an extinct genus of elephant bird formerly endemic to Madagascar. The genus had two species, the smaller A. hildebrandti and the larger A...

Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African...

Aepyornithiformes (elephant birds), the latter two of which became extinct in the last 1250 years. There are other extinct birds which have been allied...

(genus Struthio) is the largest of any living bird (being exceeded in size by those of the extinct elephant bird genus Aepyornis). The shell has a long history...

fight between the Indian solar bird Garuda and the chthonic serpent Nāga. The mytheme of Garuda carrying off an elephant that was battling a crocodile...

arrived around A.D. 1280. Aepyornis maximus, the "elephant bird" of Madagascar, was the heaviest bird ever known. Although shorter than the tallest moa...

Mullerornis modestus is an extinct species of elephant bird, and the only member of the genus Mullerornis. The genus is named after Georges Muller, a...

last of the elephant birds became extinct about 300 years ago. Of almost exactly the same upper proportions as the largest elephant birds was Dromornis...

Cooper, A. (23 May 2014). "Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution" (PDF). Science. 344 (6186): 898–900...

Dromornis stirtoni is amongst the largest known birds, although Aepyornis maximus, a species of elephant bird from Madagascar, were likely just as heavy,...

Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside? received the Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009. Today I Will Fly! (ranked #2 in 2007) and Elephants...

Polynesian settlers and Māori in New Zealand. Elephant bird – The heaviest birds to have ever lived, the elephant birds were driven to extinction by the early...

hawk-eagle, is an extinct large bird of prey endemic to Madagascar. It has been proposed that this bird, combined with elephant bird eggs, were the source of...

live. Jungle of Nool – a jungle that is home to Horton the Elephant, Morton the Elephant-Bird, Jane Kangaroo, Junior Kangaroo, Yertle the Turtle, the Wickershams...

living bird,: 130  though the extinct elephant bird and some non-avian dinosaurs laid larger eggs. The bee hummingbird produces the smallest known bird egg...

Aepyornithiformes   Family: Aepyornithidae Aepyornis is an extinct genus of elephant birds formerly endemic to Madagascar. The genus had two species, the smaller...

was one of the tallest-known bird species to walk the Earth, exceeded in weight only by the heavier but shorter elephant bird of Madagascar (also extinct)...

extinction of the elephant bird is attributed to human activity. The birds were once widespread, but deforestation and the hunting of the bird's eggs led to...

Hildebrandt's elephant bird, Aepyornis hildebrandti (Madagascar, 17th century?) †Mullerornithidae - lesser elephant birds †Mullerornis Lesser elephant bird, Mullerornis...

wiped out much of the endemic megafauna on Madagascar, such as the elephant bird and Malagasy hippo, following the arrival of humans to Madagascar around...

the four main clades of non-ostrich palaeognaths (moa+tinamou, kiwi+elephant bird, rheas, and emus+cassowaries) to be an unresolved polytomy, with only...

group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, cassowaries, kiwis and the extinct elephant birds and moas. The common...

Mauritian Red Rail 1681 Dodo 1690 Réunion Sheldgoose Mascarene Teal c. 1700 Elephant Bird Leguat's Rail Mauritian Barn Owl (Tyco sauzieri) Réunion Solitaire 1722...