- A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with
only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail;
the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same
country. Five species are known.
- A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having
rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first
known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few
individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to
be now nearly or quite extinct.
- Bird that’s extinct ... immoral even - Extinct bird - Extinct NZ ratite - Flightless bird - Large bird - Moan endlessly about bird that's departed New Zealand - Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless
birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder
Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and
the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New
Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than
the ostrich.
- Bird is key, we hear - Chinese fruit - Chinese gooseberry, ... fruit - Flightless bird - Flightless New Zealand bird - Flightless NZ bird - Fruit type