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Ratites are a category of (mostly) large flightless birds of the order Struthioniformes. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
Ratites. Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene 56–0 ... dominant moa of far north and far south of New Zealand's South Island Dromaiidae. Dromaius. Name
The moa were large, flightless birds with a sternum, but without a keel: ratites. [a]They also had a distinctive jaw and palate.The origin of these birds is becoming clearer, and it is now believed that early ancestors of these birds were able to fly and flew to the southern areas in which they have been found.
Tinamous are the only living group of palaeognaths able to fly, and were traditionally regarded as the sister group of the flightless ratites, but recent work places them well within the ratite radiation as most closely related to the extinct moa of New Zealand, implying flightlessness emerged among ratites multiple times. [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.
The African ostrich is the largest living ratite. A large member of this species can be nearly 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in) tall, weigh as much as 156 kilograms (344 lb), [18] and can outrun a horse.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 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 Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N North Island giant moa skeleton Scientific classification Domain ...
The heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) is a species of moa from the lesser moa family. The heavy-footed moa was widespread only in the South Island of New Zealand, and its habitat was the lowlands (shrublands, dunelands, grasslands, and forests). [3] The moa were ratites, flightless birds with a sternum without a keel.