New Zealand Birds

11001-00912 South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) skull of giant extinct flightless bird once widespread across the South Island of New Zealand. Giant moa may have been the tallest bird that ever lived, with large females standing perhaps 3.6 m (12 ft) tall, and weighing an estimated 230–240 kg (510–530 lb) *

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11001-00912 South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) skull of giant extinct flightless bird once widespread across the South Island of New Zealand. Giant moa may have been the tallest bird that ever lived, with large females standing perhaps 3.6 m (12 ft) tall, and weighing an estimated 230–240 kg (510–530 lb) *

Giant moa 00912 skull South Island bones flightless extinct Dinornis robustus