Elephant Bird Facts - Extinct Animals of the World - விஞ்ஞான உண்மைகள் யானைப்பறவை

Elephant Bird Facts - Extinct Animals of the World - விஞ்ஞான உண்மைகள் யானைப்பறவை

Elephant birds are members of the extinct family Aepyornithidae. Elephant birds were large to enormous flightless birds that once lived on the island of Madagascar. They became extinct, perhaps around 1000-1200 AD, for reasons that are unclear, although human activity is the suspected cause.

Elephant birds comprised the genera Mullerornis, Vorombe and Aepyornis. Aepyornis was among the heaviest of birds (the extinct Dromornis stirtoni of Australia reached a similar weight). While they were in close geographical proximity to the ostrich, elephant birds' closest living relatives are kiwi, suggesting that ratites did not diversify by vicariance during the breakup of Gondwana but instead evolved from ancestors that dispersed more recently by flying.

In September 2018, scientists determined that Vorombe titan reached weights of 730 kg (1,600 lb) and stood 3 m (9.8 ft) tall, making it the world's largest bird, slightly larger than the much older Dromornis stirtoni.

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