Editing Flightless bird (section)

===[[Palaeognathae]] (ratites)===
====[[Struthioniformes]] (ostriches)====
[[File:Avestruz (Struthio camelus), Tierpark Hellabrunn, Múnich, Alemania, 2012-06-17, DD 01.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Common ostrich]]]]
[[File:Karuwai at August 2005 Health Check.JPG|thumb|upright|[[North Island brown kiwi]]]]
* [[Common ostrich]], ''Struthio camelus''
** [[North African ostrich]], ''Struthio camelus camelus'' 
** [[South African ostrich]], ''Struthio camelus australis'' 
** [[Masai ostrich]], ''Struthio camelus massaicus'' 
** [[Arabian ostrich]], ''Struthio camelus syriacus'' † 
* [[Somali ostrich]], ''Struthio molybdophanes''
* [[Asian ostrich]], ''Struthio asiaticus'' †
* [[Struthio anderssoni|East Asian ostrich]], ''Struthio anderssoni'' †

====[[Casuariiformes]] (cassowaries and emus)====
* [[Emu|Common emu]], ''Dromaius novaehollandiae''
** [[Emu|Mainland emu]], ''Dromaius  novaehollandiae novaehollandiae'' 
** [[King Island emu]], ''Dromaius novaehollandiae minor'' †
** [[Kangaroo Island emu]], ''Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus'' †
** [[Tasmanian emu]], ''Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis'' †
* [[Casuarius lydekkeri|Pygmy cassowary]], ''Casuarius lydekkeri'' †
* [[Dwarf cassowary]], ''Casuarius bennetti''
** [[Bennett's cassowary]], ''Casuarius bennetti bennetti'' 
** [[Dwarf cassowary|Papuan dwarf cassowary]], ''Casuarius bennetti westermanni''
* [[Southern cassowary]], ''Casuarius casuarius''
* [[Northern cassowary]], ''Casuarius unappendiculatus''

====[[Dinornithiformes]] (moa) † ====
* [[North Island giant moa]], ''Dinornis novaezealandiae'' †
* [[South Island giant moa]], ''Dinornis robustus'' †
* [[Bush moa]], ''Anomalopteryx didiformis'' †
* [[Eastern moa]], ''Emeus crassus'' †
* [[Broad-billed moa]], ''Euryapteryx curtus'' †
* [[Heavy-footed moa]], ''Pachyornis elephantopus'' †
* [[Mantell's moa]], ''Pachyornis geranoides'' †
* [[Crested moa]], ''Pachyornis australis'' †
* [[Upland moa]], ''Megalapteryx didinus'' †

====[[Aepyornithiformes]] (elephant birds) † ==== 
* [[Aepyornis|Hildebrandt's elephant bird]], ''Aepyornis hildebrandti'' †
* [[Aepyornis|Giant elephant bird]], ''Aepyornis maximus'' †
* [[Mullerornis|Lesser elephant bird]], ''Mullerornis modestus'' †

====[[Apterygiformes]] (kiwi)==== 
* [[Southern brown kiwi]], ''Apteryx australis''
** [[Southern brown kiwi|Stewart Island tokoeka]], ''Apteryx australis lawryi'' 
** [[Southern brown kiwi|Fiordland tokoeka]], ''Apteryx australis australis'' 
* [[Great spotted kiwi]], ''Apteryx haastii''
* [[North Island brown kiwi]], ''Apteryx mantelli'' 
* [[Little spotted kiwi]], ''Apteryx owenii''
** [[North Island little spotted kiwi]], ''Apteryx owenii iredalei'' †
** [[Little spotted kiwi|South Island little spotted kiwi]], ''Apteryx owenii owenii''
* [[Okarito kiwi]], ''Apteryx rowi''

====[[Rheiformes]] (rheas)====
* [[Greater rhea]], ''Rhea americana''
** [[Greater rhea|American rhea]], ''Rhea americana americana'' 
** [[Greater rhea|Intermediate rhea]], ''Rhea americana intermedia'' 
** [[Greater rhea|Argentine rhea]], ''Rhea americana albescens'' 
** [[Greater rhea|Paraguayan rhea]], ''Rhea americana nobilis '' 
** [[Greater rhea|Brodkorb's rhea]], ''Rhea americana  araneipes'' 
* [[Lesser rhea]], ''Rhea pennata''
** [[Lesser rhea|Darwin's lesser rhea]], ''Rhea pennata pennata'' 
** [[Lesser rhea|Garlepp's rhea]], ''Rhea pennata garleppi'' 
** [[Lesser rhea|Puna Rhea]], ''Rhea pennata tarapacensis''