Moa
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MOA, apparently the Maori name of the extinct Ratite birds in New Zealand, comprising the group Dinornithes (cf. Bird: Classification; and Ratitae).
Moa
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(m´) [Maori], common name for an extinct flightless bird of New Zealand related to the kiwi, the emu, the cassowary, and the ostrich.
Moa were large flightless birds that went extinct in the late 1700's or early 1800's. These huge, bulky birds lived in lowland forests on the islands of New Zealand.
Moa Hunting at the Wairau Bar
The Wairau Bar, near Blenhein is a noted archaeological site.
Moa are members of the order Struthioniformes (or ratites) although some sources also recognise these as the separate order Dinornithiformes.
Moa
A huge, extinct, flightless bird from New Zealand.
Mockingbird
A North American bird that can mimic the songs of many other birds.
Bush Moa, Anomalopteryx didiformis (North & South Islands, New Zealand)
Euryapteryx ...
North Island giant moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae
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Where are they found? Oceania ...
The last confirmed Cuban sighting was in 1988 in the Sierra de Moa Mountains of eastern Cuba. The next-to-last known population in the US disappeared in 1948 when the Singer Tract in Louisiana was cleared for soybean production.
This is a group of large, flightless birds that also includes the extinct elephant bird and moa and the extant ostrich, rhea, kiwi, and tinamou.
These eagles hunted species of moa, large flightless birds, All moas, including one species that weighed up to 500 pounds, and the Haast's eagle are now extinct.
Family Ties: It was long presumed that the kiwi's closest relatives were the other New Zealand ratites, the moa.
The Kiwi is another member of the Ratite family of birds that includes: Cassowary, Emu, Ostrich, Rhea of South America and the extinct Moa. Flightless with only rudimentary wings and tailless, Kiwis are found only in New Zealand.
(1) Lesser Sundas from Sumbawa, and Sumba e. to Romang and Moa, Sulawesi including many islands in the Flores Sea, and possibly Java and Bali.
(2) S. Philippines (Mindanao Is.).
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Distribution From Sierra Leone (east of the Moa River) to the Cote d'Ivoire (west of the Niouniourou River), commonest in central Liberia (Kingdon, 1997).
Ostrich Large flightless bird living in Africa and parts of Southwest Asia, allied to the emu, rhea, and a the extinct moa. Some males reach a height of 8 ft. and weigh from 200 to 300 lbs. The ostrich runs at great speed with wings out spread.
 See also: Ostrich, Kiwi, Ratite, Emu, Rhea
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