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Mesitornis is a genus of in the family Mesitornithidae. Its two members, the white-breasted mesite and the brown mesite, are Endemism to Madagascar, and both are classified as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list of Threatened species. The third mesite species, the subdesert mesite, is the sole member of the genus Monias.
The brown mesite is secretive and rarely seen. It lives in undisturbed primary, evergreen, humid forest along the eastern coast of Madagascar, from Marojejy National Park in the north to Tôlanaro to the south. The brown mesite's dark plumage provides camouflage amongst the leaf-litter.
The white-breasted mesite lives in small groups of two to four, usually an adult breeding pair and recent young. It is found in dry deciduous forest, within five sites in the north and west of Madagascar and one site in the east.
A third bird, also known as a mesite, is the subdesert mesite which grows to tall and is also ′rail-like′. The bird lives in small groups, and can be found in sub-desert spiny forests in a long and wide coastal strip, between the Fiherenana River and Mangoky River rivers.
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