This is a list of ratites.
Codes used in Status columns in tables below[edit]
- Extinct (EX) – No known living individuals
- Extinct in the wild (EW) – Known only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range
- Critically endangered (CR) – Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
- Endangered (EN) – Higher risk of extinction in the wild
- Vulnerable (VU) – High risk of extinction in the wild
- Near threatened (NT) – Likely to become endangered in the near future
- Conservation Dependent (CD) – Low risk; is conserved to prevent being near threatened, certain events may lead it to being a higher risk level
- Least concern (LC) – Very Low risk; does not qualify for a higher risk category and not likely to be threatened in the near future. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
Struthionidae[edit]
Struthio[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
Common ostrich | Struthio camelus | LR/lc | Through central and southern Africa, four subspecies are recognized |
Somali ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | VU | Native to the Horn of Africa |
Rheidae[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
Greater rhea | Rhea americana | LR/nt | South American pampas |
Lesser rhea | Rhea pennata | LR/nt | Population in Chile and in Argentina |
Apterygidae[edit]
Apteryx[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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 |
Dinornithidae[edit]
Dinornis[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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 |
Megalapteryx[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
Upland moa | Megalapteryx didinus | EX | South Island mountains, New Zealand |
Anomalopteryx[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
Bush moa | Anomalopteryx didiformis | EX | lived in lowland conifers in New Zealand's North Island, and small spots in the South Island |
Euryapteryx[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
Broad-billed Moa | Euryapteryx curtus | EX | lived on lowlands of New Zealand's North, South, and Stewart Islands |
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
Eastern moa | Emeus crassus | EX | lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island |
Pachyornis[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
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 |
Dromaiidae[edit]
Dromaius[edit]
Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | LR/lc | Widespread throughout Australia |
Casuariidae[edit]
Casuarius[edit]
Aepyornithidae[edit]
Aepyornis[edit]
Mullerornis[edit]
References[edit]