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Dinornis ingens Owen, 1844:247

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Palapteryx ingens (Owen, 1844:247)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of Dinornis novaezealandiae) (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2022:18)

 

Distribution

North Island, New Zealand

Type locality: Poverty Bay, North Island, New Zealand

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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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. 17]

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. 18]

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. 193, pl. 42]

Worthy, Trevor H. (2000). Two late-Glacial avifaunas from eastern North Island - Te Aute and Wheturau Quarry. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30(1): 1-26.

 

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