Elephant bird

Elephant birds Temporal range: Quaternary
The egg of an Elephant bird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Aepyornithiformes A. Newton, 1884[1]
Family:	†Aepyornithidae (Bonaparte, 1853)[1]
Genera
†Aepyornis †Mullerornis †Vorombe

Elephant birds are an extinct family of large birds which could not fly. They were found only on the island of Madagascar. The group had two genera, Aepyornis and Mullerornis, and seven species. Like several other flightless birds, they were hunted to extinction.^[2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Brands, S. (2008)
2. ↑ Ellis, Richard (2004). No turning back: the life and death of animal species. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 102. ISBN 0-06-055804-0.