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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Extinct order of birds This article is about the extinct New Zealand birds known as moa. For other uses, see Moa (disambiguation). Moa Temporal range: Miocene – Holocene, 17–0.0006 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N North Island giant moa skeleton Scientific classification Domain ...
Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides) also known as Mappin's moa or moa ruarangi [3] is an extinct species of moa from the North Island of New Zealand. [4] Its habitat was the lowlands (shrublands, grasslands, dunelands, and forests). [5] The moa were ratites, flightless birds with a sternum without a keel. They also have a distinctive palate.
Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. Joseph E. Trumpey, Chief Scientific Illustrator (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 95–102. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0. Stephenson, Brent (2009-01-05). "New Zealand Recognised Bird Names (NZRBN) database". New Zealand: Ornithological Society of New Zealand.
The upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand. It is a ratite , a grouping of flightless birds with no keel on the sternum . It was the last moa species to become extinct, vanishing around 1500 CE , and was predominantly found in alpine and sub-alpine environments.
Some supplemental referencing is that of the Avibase Bird Checklists of the World [2] as of 2022, and the 4th edition of the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, published in 2010 by Te Papa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, which is an authoritative list of the birds of New Zealand. [3]
The lesser moa [a] (family Emeidae) were a family in the moa order Dinornithiformes. About two-thirds of all moa species are in the lesser moa family. [2] The moa were ratites from New Zealand. Ratites are flightless birds with a sternum without a keel. They also have a distinctive palate.
It lived on the South Island of New Zealand as well as in Rakiura [10] and Native Island [11] and its habitat was the lowlands (shrubland, duneland, grassland, and forests). [3] Along with other members of the moa family, the South Island giant moa went extinct due to predation from humans about 200 years after colonisation by Māori. [12]
As of 2006, half of all complete or mostly complete moa eggs in museum collections are likely broad-billed moa specimens. [12] Of the specimens traditionally given the name Euryapteryx gravis , the eggs has an average length of 205mm and width of 143mm, while the group traditionally assigned to the name Euryapteryx curtus had an average length ...