| Mesitornis | |
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| Brown mesite (Mesitornis unicolor) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Mesitornithiformes |
| Family: | Mesitornithidae |
| Genus: | Mesitornis Bonaparte, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Mesites variegata[1] Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838
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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 species are classified as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list of Threatened species. A third species is also called a mesite, (the subdesert mesite) is the single member of the genus Monias.
- ^ "Mesitornthidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.