1. Aepyornis is an Elephant bird, one of three genera of ratite birds endemic to Madagascar until their extinction about 1000 A.D

2. The eggs of the Aepyornis, also known as the elephant bird, were a highly valuable food source for Madagascar’s human settlers.With a volume roughly equal to …

3. The Aepyornis, sometimes referred to by its common name, the elephant bird, is a genus with four generally accepted species today, although by the end of …

4. The Aepyornis or otherwise known as the the ‘elephant bird’ is a species of giant flightless bird that is believed to have become extinct around the 17th century

5. The imagery on this page is the basis for a paper entitled Osteological description of an embryonic skeleton of the extinct elephant bird, Aepyornis (Palaeognathae: Ratitae), by A.M

6. Aepyornis: 1 n huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar Synonyms: elephant bird Type of: flightless bird , ratite , ratite bird flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds