North Island Broad-billed Moa

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Turkey moa
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Superorder: Paleognathae Order: Struthioniformes Family: Dinornithidae Genus: Euryapteryx Species: E. curtus
Binomial name
Euryapteryx curtus

The North Island Broad-billed Moa, also called Coastal or Turkey Moa is an extinct species of moa, of the species Euryapteryx curtus.

This species was common on the North Island of New Zealand, where it fed on twigs, leaves, fruit and seeds. It lived more in the open than other moas. A scientist once described the turkey moa as being 'four times the size of a chicken and probably ten times as dumb'.