Bush moa

Bush Moa
Conservation status
Template:StatusPrehistoric
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 Dinornis parvus (Owen, 1883) Anomalopteryx parvus Dinornis oweni (Haast, 1886) Anomalopteryx oweni Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton, 1892 - may be a valid precedessor species

Anomalopteryx didiformis is an extinct bird species known colloquially as the (Lesser) Bush Moa. It stood more than 1.3 metres (4 ft) tall and weighed 30 kgs. 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]