Ratite
Of bird. May also be referred to as flightless bird and ratite bird.
Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds.
This concept's ID is @1~7576
Contains
- moa
Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
- cassowary
Large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest.
- emu
Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller.
- kiwi
Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving...
- rhea
Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found...
- rhea
Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found...
- elephant bird
Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar.
- ostrich
Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird.