Anomalopteryx oweni Haast, 1886
Owen's moa
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Dinornis oweni Haast, 1886: Trans. Zool. Soc. London 12(5): 171 – Whangarei.; Cela oweni Haast, 1886; Anomalornis owenii (Haast); Hutton 1897, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 29: 549. Unjustified emendation.; Pachyornis owenii (Haast); Archey 1941, Bull. Auck. Inst. Museum 1: 44. Unjustified emendation.
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of A. didiformis)
Distribution
New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). Ornithological Society of New Zealand & Te Papa Press, Wellington. [p. 12]
Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2022). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand (5th edition). Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 1. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand. [p. 15]
Millener, P. R. (1982). And then there were twelve: the taxonomic status of Anomalopteryx oweni. Notornis 29(3): 165-170.
Rothschild, Lionel Walter. (1907). Extinct birds: an attempt to write in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times, that is within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London: Hutchinson & Co. XXIX + 243 pp. [p. 206]