Megalapteryx benhami Archey, 1941:35
Benham's moa, Benham's megalapteryx
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
A synonym of Megalapteryx didinus (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2022:14)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of M. didinus) (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2022:14)
Distribution
South Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Archey, G. (1941). The moa - a study of the Dinornithiformes. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 1: 1-119.
Other references:
Baker, Allan J. et al. (2005). Reconstructing the tempo and mode of evolution in an extinct clade of birds with ancient DNA: The giant moas of New Zealand. PNAS 102(23): 8257-8262.
Bunce, M.; Worthy, T. H.; Phillips, M. J.; Holdaway, R. N.; Willerslev, E.; Haile, J.; Shapiro, B.; Scofield, R. P.; Drummond, A.; Kamp, P. J. J.; Cooper, A. (2009). The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(49): 20646-20651.
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. 13]
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. 14]
Worthy, Trevor H. (1988). A re-examination of the moa genus Megalapteryx. Notornis 35(2): 99-108.