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
Bird Island (Western Australia) Bird Island (Western Australia) Bird Island is the name of three islands in Western Australia. Two are in the Kimberley region, and the third is off the coast of Rockingham, about south of Garden Island (Western Australia). The southernmost of the islands is about long (E-W) and up to wide, and is about off the southern coast of Cape Peron. Nearby Islands to the south are Seal Island and Penguin Island, and as mentioned, Garden Island to the north. The northern pair of islands are about east-west of each other. The nearest settlement is Kalumburu, the northernmost settlement in Western