The Moa actually lived in upstate New York in a small colonial near Syracuse. But it did have a small condo in the city.
The Giant Moa.
It used to be the Moa before it was hunted to extinction by Maori.
A flightless bird that starts with 'm' is the Moa.
The moa were large flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. They have been extinct since about the 1600-1700s. There were several species and sizes. The tallest moa was 1.8m to the highest point on its back.
The Moa was a large flightless bird of the order Dinornithiformes. Weighing up to 250Kg and 2.5 metres high, it was hunted to extinction by the Maoris by about 400 years ago.
The Moa is a now-extinct flightless bird which once inhabited New Zealand.
The largest bird to have ever lived is the Madagascan Elephant Bird or Aepyornis. This flightless bird is thought to have have weighed up to 1100 pounds and have reached 11 feet in height. The tallest bird in the world was the New Zealand Giant Moa which could grow to 13 feet. The largest flying bird was the Argentavis of South America. Also called the Giant Teratorn, this bird could have a wingspan up to 26 feet. All these birds are now extinct.
The bird is a Moa. You can read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa Cheers!
Dodo, elephant bird, moa.
Five species and two sub-species of Kiwi, the Kakapo, the Takahe, the Weka, The Auckland Island Teal, the Campbell Island Teal and six species of Penguin are all flightless birds of New Zealand.
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