Palaeocasuarius haasti Forbes ex Rothschild, 1907
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of M. didinus) (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2022:14)
Distribution
South Island, New Zealand
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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. 220]
Other 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. 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]