Brown mesite is suspected that the population is rapidly declining because of predation by dogs, rats and by hunting. Its forests are also threatened by logging and subsistence agriculture. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified the conservation status of this bird as ″vulnerable″. 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
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