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
Saunders Island, Greenland numerous landmarks in that area, including Saunders Island, while wintering in the frozen bay. The "Literary Expedition" led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen wintered in 1903–1904 on the island. Its aim was to make ethnographic research of the local Inuit people. Knud Rasmussen, Harald Moltke and Jørgen Brønlund were also part of this venture. Saunders Island, Greenland Saunders Island (; ) is an island in North Star Bay, Baffin Bay in the Qaasuitsup municipality of northwest Greenland. The island is named after Commander James Saunders of the British Royal Navy. The island lies off the southern shore of the mouth of Wolstenholme