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...

Megalapteryx Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South Island, New Zealand) Two unnamed species are also known from the Saint Bathans Fauna. Because moa are a...

About two-thirds of all moa species are in the lesser moa family. Order: Dinornithiformes   Family: Megalapterygidae The upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus)...

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...

Zealand Birds Online". nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 18 May 2022. "Upland moa | New Zealand Birds Online". www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 18 May...

Mantell's moa, Pachyornis geranoides † Crested moa, Pachyornis australis † Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus † Hildebrandt's elephant bird, Aepyornis hildebrandti...

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...

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)...

Name Binomial Name Status Distribution Upland moa Megalapteryx didinus EX South Island mountains, New Zealand...

birds New Zealand Family Megalapteryidae: upland moas Family Dinornithidae: great moas Family Emeidae: lesser moas South America; 45 species Family Tinamidae:...

†Dinornis South Island giant moa, Dinornis robustus (South Island, New Zealand, late 15th century?) †Megalapteryx Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South...

robustus (South Island, New Zealand) †Megalapterygidae – upland moa †Megalapteryx Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South Island, New Zealand) – may have...

†Megalapteryx didinus (Owen 1883) Haast 1886 (upland moa) EX late 15th century Family †Emeidae Bonaparte 1854 (lesser moas) Genus †Anomalopteryx Reichenbach 1853...

1260) Giant moas Dinornithidae New Zealand Extinct (c. AD 1450) Tinamous Lesser moas Emeidae New Zealand Extinct (c. AD 1460) Upland moas Megalapterygidae...

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...

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...

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...

crab Palaeocasuarius elegans, a synonym for Megalapteryx didinus, the Upland moa, an extinct bird endemic to New Zealand Paramecolabus elegans, a synonym...

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...

Gray 1870; Toujou Lacépède 1801; Tujus Rafinesque 1815] Moas. †Megalapterygidae - (Upland moas) †Megalapteryx didinus (Owen 1883) Haast 1886 [Palaeocasuarius...

birds and seals, and the moa, New Zealand swan, and New Zealand goose were hunted to extinction. Haast's eagle relied on moas for food, and also became...

itself against browsing by the moa, a group of giant flightless birds that once roamed New Zealand's bush. Once above moa height, it was out of danger and...

concentrated on the lower flanks of the Pisa Range and include Moa ovens with associated Moa bones (e.g. near Luggate and Gibbston Flat). Gold mining occurred...

†Thambetochenina (moa-nalos) Genus †Chelychelynechen Olson & James 1991 †Chelychelynechen quassus Olson & James 1991 (turtle-jawed moa-nalos) Genus †Ptaiochen...

and moa-hunting expeditions to the interior of Otago. Many early Māori archaeological sites have been found in the Cromwell Gorge, featuring moa eggshell...

extinct moa of New Zealand and elephant birds of Madagascar. All ratites are flightless. While it was long presumed that kiwi were closely related to moa, recent...

sedimentary analyses of well-preserved paleofluvial-paleolacustrine systems at Moa Valles, Mars". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 121 (2): 194–232...

Desert rat-kangaroo illustration Restoration of a broad-billed moa, possibly the last moa species to become extinct Restoration of Hoplodactylus delcourti...

18, 2004). "Degree Xtra Herbicide (Reformat and Revise Based on Atrazine MOA)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Environmental Protection Agency...

native land mammals, but also had ratite birds, including the kiwi and the moa. The Australasian realm includes some nearby island groups, like Wallacea...