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Species
Vulnerableチャイロクイナモドキ（茶色水鶏擬、学名：Monias benschi）は、ツル目クイナモドキ科に分類される鳥類の一種である。別名クイナモドキ（水鶏擬）。
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mesitornis
- Image
- Brown Mesite - Ranomafana - Madagascar MG 1281.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Mesitornis unicolor
- Commons category
- Mesitornis unicolor
- Commons gallery
- Mesitornis unicolor
- taxon common name
- Voronantambo
- endemic to
- Madagascar
- litter size
- 1
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- M. unicolor
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown mesite (Mesitornis unicolor) is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to Madagascar. It is one of three species in the mesite family or the Mesitornithidae, and though classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), it is the most widespread of the three.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown Mesite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.