# List of ratites

This is a list of ratites.

## Codes used in Status columns in tables below

* Extinct (EX) – No known living individuals
* Extinct in the wild (EW) – Known only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range
* Critically endangered (CR) – Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
* Endangered (EN) – Higher risk of extinction in the wild
* Vulnerable (VU) – High risk of extinction in the wild
* Near threatened (NT) – Likely to become endangered in the near future
* Conservation Dependent (CD) – Low risk; is conserved to prevent being near threatened, certain events may lead it to being a higher risk level
* Least concern (LC) – Very Low risk; does not qualify for a higher risk category and not likely to be threatened in the near future. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

## Struthionidae
### Struthio

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Common ostrich | Struthio camelus | LR/lc | Through central and southern Africa, four subspecies are recognized |
| Somali ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | VU | Native to the Horn of Africa |

## Rheidae
### Rhea

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Greater rhea | Rhea americana | LR/nt | South American pampas |
| Lesser rhea | Rhea pennata | LR/nt | Population in Chile and in Argentina |

## Apterygidae
### Apteryx

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Great spotted kiwi | Apteryx haastii | VU | South Island, New Zealand |
| Little spotted kiwi | Apteryx owenii | LR/nt | Multiple small islands in New Zealand |
| Okarito kiwi | Apteryx rowi | DD | Okarito forest in New Zealand's South Island |
| Southern brown kiwi | Apteryx australis | VU | A small population in the South Island and another on Stewart Island in New Zealand |
| North Island brown kiwi | Apteryx mantelli | EN | Scattered through New Zealand's North Island |

## Dinornithidae
### Dinornis

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| North Island giant moa | Dinornis novaezealdniae | EX | lived in the lowlands of New Zealand's North and South Islands |
| South Island giant moa | Dinornis robustus | EX | lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island |

### Megalapteryx

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Upland moa | Megalapteryx didinus | EX | South Island mountains, New Zealand |

### Anomalopteryx

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Bush moa | Anomalopteryx didiformis | EX | lived in lowland conifers in New Zealand's North Island, and small spots in the South Island |

### Euryapteryx

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Broad-billed Moa | Euryapteryx curtus | EX | lived on lowlands of New Zealand's North, South, and Stewart Islands |

### Emeus

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Eastern moa | Emeus crassus | EX | lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island |

### Pachyornis

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Heavy-footed Moa | Pachyornis elephantopus | EX | lived in lowlands of New Zealand's South Island |
| Mantell's moa | Pachyornis geranoides | EX | lived in lowlands of New Zealand's North, South, and Stewart Islands |
| Crested Moa | Pachyornis australis | EX | dominant moa of far north and far south of New Zealand's South Island |

## Dromaiidae
### Dromaius

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | LR/lc | Widespread throughout Australia |

## Casuariidae
### Casuarius

| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
| Pygmy cassowary | Casuarius lydekki | EX | |
| Southern cassowary | Casuarius casuarius | VU | northern Queensland, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Eastern Indonesia |
| Northern cassowary | Casuaraius unappendiculatus | VU | Northern Papua New Guinea and East Timor |
| Dwarf cassowary | Casuarius bennetti | LR/lc | Central East Timor and Papua New Guinea |

## Aepyornithidae
### Aepyornis

| Name | Species | Status | Distribution |
| Giant elephant bird | Aepyornis maximus | EX | Madagascar |
| Hildebrandt's elephant bird | Aepyornis hildebrandti | EX | Madagascar |

### Mullerornis

| Name | Species | Status | Distribution |
| Lesser elephant bird | Mullerornis modestus | EX | Madagascar |