No extinction is as well documented as that of the New Zealand Moa (pronounced mo-ah). It 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 occupied the ecological niche in New Zealand of the antelope, rhinoceros and kangaroo and lived in habitats from forest to alpine tundra. They were abundant when the Maoris arrived in New Zealand about 1,000 years ago. Being so easy to catch and kill, only the best parts of the bird were eaten, the rest being discarded. One site alone shows evidence of 30,000 to 90,000 birds having been butchered over the period of Maori habitation. Dr Tim Flannery's book, "The Future Eaters" gives a good account of the extinction of the Moa and he quotes "Prodigious Birds" by Atholl Anderson as a "splendid work on the Moa".
Anika Moa's birth name is Anika Rose Moa.
the height of a moa would be
No the moa did not have good hearing
blue moa moa
The Moa was always in New Zealand. That was their home
Moa Martinson died in 1964.
Moa Garpendal is 174 cm.
Upland Moa was created in 1883.
Pío Moa was born in 1948.
Moa Hjelmer was born in 1990.
A flightless bird that starts with 'm' is the Moa.
Moa is a native Maori name, first attested in 1842.