Mesitornis

Mesitornis is a genus of birds in the family Mesitornithidae. Its two members, the white-breasted mesite and the brown mesite, are endemic to Madagascar, and both are classified as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list of Threatened species. The third mesite species, the subdesert mesite, is the sole member of the genus Monias.

==Species== ===Mesitornis=== There are two species, the brown mesite (Mesitornis unicolor) and the white-breasted mesite (Mesitornis variegatus). They are medium-sized birds to respectively and are considered to look like the rails; a family (Rallidae) in which the mesites are sometimes placed. Both species are ground-nesting and move slowly amongst the undergrowth searching in the leaf litter for invertebrates.