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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...17 KB (1,670 words) - 10:02, 20 July 2024
Megalapteryx Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South Island, New Zealand) Two unnamed species are also known from the Saint Bathans Fauna. Because moa are a...73 KB (7,890 words) - 18:46, 10 August 2024
List of birds of New Zealand (section Upland moa)About two-thirds of all moa species are in the lesser moa family. Order: Dinornithiformes Family: Megalapterygidae The upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus)...97 KB (4,735 words) - 02:18, 1 July 2024
extinct upland moa and tinamous, are among the most basal members of the ratite order. The South Island giant moa was the largest species of moa. Adult...12 KB (1,372 words) - 19:37, 14 July 2024- Zealand Birds Online". nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 18 May 2022. "Upland moa | New Zealand Birds Online". www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 18 May...90 KB (4,391 words) - 22:26, 15 August 2024
Flightless bird (section Dinornithiformes (moa) †)Mantell's moa, Pachyornis geranoides † Crested moa, Pachyornis australis † Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus † Hildebrandt's elephant bird, Aepyornis hildebrandti...38 KB (3,850 words) - 20:12, 17 June 2024
South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus), part of the moa family of New Zealand that went extinct about 500 years ago. The moa stood up to 3.7 m (12 ft)...83 KB (8,717 words) - 17:08, 1 July 2024
to upland areas over 1100 m in altitude, while the large-billed species occupied the lowlands. It was larger than its only congener, the O'ahu moa-nalo...3 KB (242 words) - 16:27, 12 January 2024
robustus (South Island, New Zealand) †Megalapterygidae – upland moa †Megalapteryx Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South Island, New Zealand) – may have...62 KB (6,157 words) - 19:02, 27 July 2024- †Megalapteryx didinus (Owen 1883) Haast 1886 (upland moa) EX late 15th century Family †Emeidae Bonaparte 1854 (lesser moas) Genus †Anomalopteryx Reichenbach 1853...37 KB (2,791 words) - 21:18, 15 November 2023
Name Binomial Name Status Distribution Upland moa Megalapteryx didinus EX South Island mountains, New Zealand...6 KB (131 words) - 20:20, 9 February 2024
†Dinornis South Island giant moa, Dinornis robustus (South Island, New Zealand, late 15th century?) †Megalapteryx Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South...110 KB (13,767 words) - 19:08, 19 August 2024
birds New Zealand Family Megalapteryidae: upland moas Family Dinornithidae: great moas Family Emeidae: lesser moas South America; 45 species Family Tinamidae:...30 KB (1,950 words) - 23:55, 3 August 2024- bird species. Skeleton of Edwards' koala lemur. Skeletal mounts of various moa species (1868). Depiction of a live dodo by Ustad Mansur, c. 1625. Drawing...284 KB (18,500 words) - 16:32, 21 August 2024
flightless moa—the largest of which could weigh 200 kg (440 lb). Haast's eagle became extinct around 1445, following the arrival of the Māori, who hunted moa to...41 KB (3,759 words) - 06:36, 28 August 2024
1260) Giant moas Dinornithidae New Zealand Extinct (c. AD 1450) Tinamous Lesser moas Emeidae New Zealand Extinct (c. AD 1460) Upland moas Megalapterygidae...63 KB (3,001 words) - 03:05, 19 August 2024- crab Palaeocasuarius elegans, a synonym for Megalapteryx didinus, the Upland moa, an extinct bird endemic to New Zealand Paramecolabus elegans, a synonym...2 KB (322 words) - 06:01, 16 August 2022
approximans. The tallest known bird was the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus), part of the moa family of New Zealand that went extinct about 500 years...382 KB (39,672 words) - 04:25, 27 August 2024
to predation by introduced pests. Evidence of habitation by Moa (most likely the Upland moa) and other extinct species of birds has been found, however...21 KB (1,941 words) - 22:45, 30 July 2024
Gray 1870; Toujou Lacépède 1801; Tujus Rafinesque 1815] Moas. †Megalapterygidae - (Upland moas) †Megalapteryx didinus (Owen 1883) Haast 1886 [Palaeocasuarius...232 KB (18,990 words) - 16:49, 4 July 2024
- English Wikipedia has an article on: upland moa Wikipedia upland moa (plural upland moas) A large extinct species of moa, Megalapteryx didinus. 2018 April
- Description of the Moa Swamp at Hamilton. In Trans. & Proc. N. Zealand Inst. VII, p. 123, pl. V. 1875. Hutton & Coughtrey. Description of some Moa Remains from