ELEPHANTBIRD

Elephant bird

Elephant birds were a family of large to enormous, flightless birds that once lived on the island of Madagascar, which lies about off the southeast coast of Africa. They became extinct, probably in the 17th or 18th century, for reasons that are unclear, although human activity is the suspected cause. Elephant birds comprised the genera Mullerornis and Aepyornis. Aepyornis was among the heaviest of birds .

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elephant bird

Noun

  1. Any of an extinct family of flightless birds comprising the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis.


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elephantbird

Noun



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