Anomalopteryx

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Bush Moa
Conservation status
Fossil
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 or 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]


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