Anomalopteryx

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Bush Moa
Conservation status
Prehistoric
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Superorder: Paleognathae Order: Struthioniformes Family: Dinornithidae Genus: Anomalopteryx Reichenbach, 1852 Species: A. didiformis
Binomial name
Anomalopteryx didiformis (Owen, 1844)
Synonyms
Dinornis didiformis Owen, 1844 Dinornis parvus Owen, 1883 Dinornis oweni Haast, 1886 Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton, 1892 (may be a valid predecessor species) Anomalopteryx parvus Oliver, 1949 Anomalopteryx oweni Oliver, 1949

Anomalopteryx didiformis is an extinct bird species known colloquially as the (Lesser) Bush Moa. It stood more than 1.3 metres (4 ft) tall and weighed 30 kg. It inhabited much of the North Island and small sections of the South Island of New Zealand. The most complete remains, a partially articulated skeleton with substantial mummified tissue were discovered in 1980 in Echo Valley. It is now in the Southland Museum, in Invercargill, New Zealand. [1]