Bush moa

Bush moa; Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
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Conservation status
	Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	†Dinornithiformes
Family:	†Emeidae
Genus:	†Anomalopteryx; Reichenbach 1852
Species:	†A. didiformis
Binomial name
	Anomalopteryx didiformis; (Owen 1844) Reichenbach 1853
Synonyms
	Dinornis didiformis Owen, 1844; Anomalopteryx didiformis (Owen 1844) Lydekker 1891; Anomalornis didiformis (Owen 1844) Hutton 1897; Dinornis dromioides Owen, 1846 non Oliver 1930; Anomalopteryx dromaeoides (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891; Dinornis parvus Owen, 1883; Anomalopteryx parva (Owen 1883) Lydekker 1891; Dinornis oweni Haast, 1886; Anomalornis owenii (Haast 1886) Hutton 1897; Pachyornis owenii (Haast 1886) Archey 1941; Anomalopteryx oweni (Haast 1886) Oliver 1949; Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton, 1892 (may be a valid predecessor species); Anomalopteryx fortis Hutton, 1893; Anomalornis gracilis Hutton 1897 non Dinornis gracilis Owen 1854; Anomalornis (Hutton, 1897); Graya (Bonaparte, 1956)

The bush moa or lesser moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) is an extinct bird from New Zealand. It was about 1 meter long. It weighed about 30 kilograms. It lived all over New Zealand.^[3]^[4]

The bush moa had a sharp beak. It could not fly. It is thought that it ate twigs and other tough plant material.^[4]

The bush moa had predators such as the Haast's eagle and Eyles' harrier. All bush moas died 500-600 years ago, after humans came to New Zealand.^[4]

References

↑ Brands, S. (2008)
↑ B.J. Gill; B.D. Bell; G.K. Chambers; D.G. Medway; R.L. Palma; R.P. Scofield; A.J.D. Tennyson & T.H. Worthy (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (PDF) (4th ed.). Wellington, NZ: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
↑ Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. 2 ed, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 95–98. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0
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[1] Brands, S. (2008)

[2] B.J. Gill; B.D. Bell; G.K. Chambers; D.G. Medway; R.L. Palma; R.P. Scofield; A.J.D. Tennyson & T.H. Worthy (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (PDF) (4th ed.). Wellington, NZ: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

[3] Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. 2 ed, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 95–98. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0

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