The roc (rukh) is known from Sindbad the Sailor's encounter with one in One Thousand and One Nights.
Some scholars think the roc is a distorted account of Aepyornis.
Historical evidence for this can be found in Megiser (1623).

H. G. Wells wrote a short story titled "Æpyornis Island" (1894) about the bird.
It was first collected in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895).

Wildlife artist Walton Ford created a painting called Madagascar about the elephant bird in 2002.
The roc (rukh) is known from Sindbad the Sailor's encounter with one in One Thousand and One Nights. Some scholars think the roc is a distorted account of Aepyornis. Historical evidence for this can be found in Megiser (1623).
H. G. Wells wrote a short story titled "Æpyornis Island" (1894) about the bird. It was first collected in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895).
Wildlife artist Walton Ford created a painting called Madagascar about the elephant bird in 2002.
Elephant bird