11001-00916 South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) an articulated skeleton on cave floor of giant extinct flightless bird once widespread across the South Island of New Zealand. This species was a browsing generalist of upland, lowland and open forests. These bones are of a large female. Honeycombe Hill Cave *
11001-00915 South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) caver examining articulated skeleton on cave floor of giant extinct flightless bird once widespread across the South Island of New Zealand. This species was a browsing generalist of upland, lowland and open forests. These bones are of a large female moa *
11001-00193 South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) the mummified lower leg of a large female moa, with the scutes preserved, was found in the Knobby Range, Otago. This giant extinct flightless bird was once widespread across the South Island of New Zealand. This species was a browsing generalist of upland, lowland and open forests. Displayed here together with the skull of its predator, Haast's eagle (Aquila moorei) *
