Brown mesite Brown mesite The brown mesite ("Mesitornis unicolor") is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to Madagascar. It is one of three species in the mesite family or the Mesitornithidae, and though classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), it is the most widespread of the three. This species is a medium-sized terrestrial bird which is often described as rail-like (a family with which the mesites are sometimes placed). The species has a plain face, marked only by a slightly contrasting fleshy eye-ring around a rather large eye and a variable white streak behind the eye. It has
Littleton Island (Arctic) Littleton Island (Arctic) Littleton Island, also known as Littleton Islands, (Greenlandic: "Pikiuleq") is a small coastal island cluster in the Qaasuitsup municipality, off NW Greenland. Littleton is a rocky island surrounded by tiny islets and rocks. The main island lies approximately from NW Greenland’s coast in the Hatherton Bay, Smith Sound area. Littleton and nearby islets are one of the largest breeding grounds in Greenland for the common eider and have been designated an Important Bird Area. In July 1853, during the Second Grinnell Expedition on the brig "Advance" Kane built a cairn on Littleton Island. Kane named one of