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<th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Bush moa<br><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <a href="Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a>-<a href="Holocene" title="Holocene">Holocene</a></div>

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<th colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a></div>

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<td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><br><a href="Extinction" title="Extinction">Extinct</a> (~1400s)<small> (<a href="New_Zealand_Threat_Classification_System" title="New Zealand Threat Classification System">NZ TCS</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-NZTCS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZTCS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div>

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<td><a href="Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a>

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<td><a href="Palaeognathae" title="Palaeognathae">Palaeognathae</a>

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<td><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">†</span><a href="Moa" title="Moa">Dinornithiformes</a>

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<td><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">†</span><a href="Lesser_moa" title="Lesser moa">Emeidae</a>

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<td><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">†</span><br><small><a href="Ludwig_Reichenbach" title="Ludwig Reichenbach">Reichenbach</a> 1852</small>

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<td>Species:

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<td><div style="display:inline" class="species">†<i><b>A. didiformis</b></i></div>

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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;">†</span><i>Anomalopteryx didiformis</i></span></b><br><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a> 1844) Reichenbach 1853<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>

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<ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Dinornis didiformis</i> <small><a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a>, 1844</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalopteryx didiformis</i> <small>(<a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a> 1844) Lydekker 1891</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalornis didiformis</i> <small>(<a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a> 1844) Hutton 1897</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Dinornis dromioides</i> <small><a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a>, 1846 non Oliver 1930</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalopteryx dromaeoides</i> <small>(<a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a> 1846) Lydekker 1891</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Dinornis parvus</i> <small><a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a>, 1883</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalopteryx parva</i> <small>(<a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a> 1883) Lydekker 1891</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Dinornis oweni</i> <small><a href="Julius_von_Haast" title="Julius von Haast">Haast</a>, 1886</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalornis owenii</i> <small>(<a href="Julius_von_Haast" title="Julius von Haast">Haast</a> 1886) <a href="Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)" title="Frederick Hutton (scientist)">Hutton</a> 1897</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Pachyornis owenii</i> <small>(<a href="Julius_von_Haast" title="Julius von Haast">Haast</a> 1886) Archey 1941</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalopteryx oweni</i> <small>(<a href="Julius_von_Haast" title="Julius von Haast">Haast</a> 1886) Oliver 1949</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalopteryx antiquus</i><small><a href="Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)" title="Frederick Hutton (scientist)">Hutton</a>, 1892 (may be a valid predecessor species)</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalopteryx fortis</i> <small><a href="Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)" title="Frederick Hutton (scientist)">Hutton</a>, 1893</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalornis gracilis</i> <small><a href="Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)" title="Frederick Hutton (scientist)">Hutton</a>, 1897, non <i>Dinornis gracilis</i> <a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Owen</a> 1854</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Anomalornis</i> <small>(<a href="Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)" title="Frederick Hutton (scientist)">Hutton</a>, 1897)</small>

</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>Graya</i> <small>(Bonaparte, 1956)</small>

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<p>The <b>bush moa</b>, <b>little bush moa</b>, or <b>lesser moa</b> (<i><b>Anomalopteryx didiformis</b></i>) is an <a href="Extinction" title="Extinction">extinct</a> species of <a href="Moa" title="Moa">moa</a> from the family <a href="Lesser_moa" title="Lesser moa">Emeidae</a> (lesser moa) endemic to <a href="New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>. It is the only species in the genus <i><b>Anomalopteryx</b></i>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2></div>

<p>The bush moa was first scientifically described as <i>Dinornis didiformis</i> by <a href="Richard_Owen" title="Richard Owen">Richard Owen</a> in 1844. He chose the specific name <i>didiformis</i> because of the apparent similarity in the shape and size of the bush moas' <a href="Tarsometatarsus" title="Tarsometatarsus">tarsometatarsus</a> to that of the <a href="Dodo" title="Dodo">dodo</a> (then <i>Didus ineptus</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div>

<p>The bush moa is the smallest known species of moa,<sup id="cite_ref-Tennyson-2006_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennyson-2006-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having only been slightly taller than a <a href="Turkey_(bird)" title="Turkey (bird)">turkey</a> (approx. 1.3 metres (51 in) tall). A slender bird, it is estimated to have weighed around 30 kilograms (66 lb).<sup id="cite_ref-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with all moa, <i>Anomalopteryx</i> possesses a <a href="Sternum" title="Sternum">sternum</a>, but no keel. They also have a distinctive <a href="Palate" title="Palate">palate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The animal inhabited much of New Zealand's <a href="North_Island" title="North Island">North Island</a>, along with some small sections of the <a href="South_Island" title="South Island">South Island</a>. Its <a href="Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> consisted of dense lowland conifer forests, broad-leafed <a href="Nothofagus" title="Nothofagus">southern beech</a> forests and <a href="Shrubland" title="Shrubland">scrubland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Davies_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It possessed a sturdy, sharp-edged beak, suggesting that its diet was made up of <a href="Twig" title="Twig">twigs</a> and other tough plant material.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennyson-2006_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennyson-2006-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bush moa <a href="Coprolite" title="Coprolite">coprolites</a> indicate <a href="Fern" title="Fern">ferns</a> were a crucial food source for them.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Threats_and_extinction">Threats and extinction</h2></div>

<p>Native predators included the <a href="Haast's_eagle" title="Haast's eagle">Haast's eagle</a> and <a href="Eyles'_harrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Eyles' harrier">Eyles' harrier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The species went extinct alongside other native New Zealand wildlife around 500-600 years ago, following the arrival and proliferation of the <a href="M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori people</a> in <a href="New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> (who called them "moariki"),<sup id="cite_ref-NZTCS_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZTCS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the introduction of <a href="Polynesian_dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Polynesian dog">Polynesian dogs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZBirdsO-LittleBushMoa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Remains">Remains</h2></div>

<p>The most complete remains, a partially articulated skeleton with substantial mummified tissue and feathers, were discovered in 1980 in Lake Echo Valley, east of <a href="Te_Anau" title="Te Anau">Te Anau</a>, <a href="Southland%2C_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Southland, New Zealand">Southland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is now housed in the <a href="Southland_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Southland Museum and Art Gallery">Southland Museum and Art Gallery</a> in <a href="Invercargill" title="Invercargill">Invercargill</a>. <i>Anomalopteryx</i> fossils made up the bulk of moa fossils discovered in a swamp in 1912 in <a href="Clevedon%2C_New_Zealand" title="Clevedon, New Zealand">Clevedon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Possible_de-extinction">Possible de-extinction</h2></div>

<p>Scientists at <a href="Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> assembled the first nearly complete genome of the species from toe bones,<sup id="cite_ref-STAT-2018-02-27_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAT-2018-02-27-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus bringing the species a step closer to being <a href="De-extinction" title="De-extinction">"resurrected"</a> in the future, likely by using the <a href="Emu" title="Emu">emu</a> as a proxy.<sup id="cite_ref-STAT-2018-02-27_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAT-2018-02-27-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFMartinson2005" class="citation audio-visual cs1">Martinson, Paul (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=710921"><i>Little bush moa </i>Anomalopteryx didiformis<i></i></a> (<a href="Watercolour" class="mw-redirect" title="Watercolour">watercolour</a>). <q>Artwork produced for <a href="#CITEREFTennyson2006">Tennyson (2006)</a>, p. 32</q></cite></li></ul>

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</style><div id="Palaeognath_genera403" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Palaeognathae" title="Palaeognathae">Palaeognath</a> genera</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="*_Kingdom:_Animalia_*_Phylum:_Chordata_*_Class:_Aves403" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:normal"><span style="font-size: 85%;">

<ul><li>Kingdom: <a href="Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a></li>

<li>Phylum: <a href="Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a></li>

<li>Class: <a href="Bird" title="Bird">Aves</a></li></ul>

</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Avemetatarsalia19" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Avemetatarsalia" title="Avemetatarsalia">Avemetatarsalia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><ul><li>see Avemetatarsalia</li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Theropoda" title="Theropoda">Theropoda</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><ul><li>see Theropoda</li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Maniraptora" title="Maniraptora">Maniraptora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><ul><li>see Maniraptora</li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Palaeognathae" title="Palaeognathae">Palaeognathae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><ul><li>see below↓</li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Palaeognathae403" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Palaeognathae" title="Palaeognathae">Palaeognathae</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Palaeognathae103" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="position:absolute;transform: translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(270deg);;"><a href="Palaeognathae" title="Palaeognathae">Palaeognathae</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Asteriornis" title="Asteriornis">Asteriornis</a></i>?</li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Eremopezus" title="Eremopezus">Eremopezus</a></i>?</li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Limenavis" title="Limenavis">Limenavis</a></i>?</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="Lithornithidae" title="Lithornithidae">Lithornithidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Calciavis" title="Calciavis">Calciavis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Fissuravis" title="Fissuravis">Fissuravis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Lithornis" title="Lithornis">Lithornis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Paracathartes" title="Paracathartes">Paracathartes</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pseudocrypturus" title="Pseudocrypturus">Pseudocrypturus</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="position:absolute;transform: translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(270deg);;"><a href="Struthioniformes" title="Struthioniformes">Struthioniformes</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Remiornis" title="Remiornis">Remiornis</a></i>?</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="Geranoididae" title="Geranoididae">Geranoididae</a>?</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Eogeranoides" title="Eogeranoides">Eogeranoides</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Galligeranoides" title="Galligeranoides">Galligeranoides</a></i>?</li>

<li><i>Geranodornis</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Palaeophasianus" title="Palaeophasianus">Palaeophasianus</a></i></li>

<li><i>Paragrus</i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr>Palaeotididae?</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Palaeotis" title="Palaeotis">Palaeotis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Galligeranoides" title="Galligeranoides">Galligeranoides</a></i>?</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="Eogruidae" title="Eogruidae">Eogruidae</a>?</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i>Eogrus</i></li>

<li><i>Sonogrus</i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="Ergilornithidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Ergilornithidae">Ergilornithidae</a>?</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i>Amphipelargus</i></li>

<li><i>Ergilornis</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Sinoergilornis" title="Sinoergilornis">Sinoergilornis</a></i></li>

<li><i>Urmiornis</i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Struthionidae" title="Struthionidae">Struthionidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Orientornis" title="Orientornis">Orientornis</a></i></li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Pachystruthio" title="Pachystruthio">Pachystruthio</a></i>?</li>

<li><i><a href="Ostrich" title="Ostrich">Struthio</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Notopalaeognathae21" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Notopalaeognathae" title="Notopalaeognathae">Notopalaeognathae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><ul><li>see below↓</li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span style="display: inline-block; transform: scaleX(-1);"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Notopalaeognathae403" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Notopalaeognathae" title="Notopalaeognathae">Notopalaeognathae</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rheiformes" title="Rheiformes">Rheiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="Opisthodactylidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Opisthodactylidae">Opisthodactylidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Diogenornis" title="Diogenornis">Diogenornis</a></i>?</li>

<li><i><a href="Opisthodactylus" title="Opisthodactylus">Opisthodactylus</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rheidae" title="Rheidae">Rheidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Heterorhea" title="Heterorhea">Heterorhea</a></i></li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i>Protorhea</i></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="Moa" title="Moa">Dinornithiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Dinornis" title="Dinornis">Dinornis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Upland_moa" title="Upland moa">Megalapteryx</a></i></li></ul>

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<li><i><a href="Eastern_moa" title="Eastern moa">Emeus</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Broad-billed_moa" title="Broad-billed moa">Euryapteryx</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pachyornis" title="Pachyornis">Pachyornis</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Tinamou" title="Tinamou">Tinamidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i>Miniothura</i></li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Querandiornis" title="Querandiornis">Querandiornis</a></i></li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i>Roveretornis</i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Tinaminae" title="Tinaminae">Tinaminae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Crypturellus" title="Crypturellus">Crypturellus</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Nothocercus" title="Nothocercus">Nothocercus</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Tinamus" title="Tinamus">Tinamus</a></i></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i><a href="Eudromia" title="Eudromia">Eudromia</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Nothoprocta" title="Nothoprocta">Nothoprocta</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Nothura" title="Nothura">Nothura</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Rhynchotus" title="Rhynchotus">Rhynchotus</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Dwarf_tinamou" title="Dwarf tinamou">Taoniscus</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Tinamotis" title="Tinamotis">Tinamotis</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Novaeratitae" title="Novaeratitae">Novaeratitae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Apterygidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Apterygidae">Apterygidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Kiwi_(bird)" title="Kiwi (bird)">Apteryx</a></i></li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Proapteryx" title="Proapteryx">Proapteryx</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="Elephant_bird" title="Elephant bird">Aepyornithidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Aepyornis" title="Aepyornis">Aepyornis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Mullerornis" title="Mullerornis">Mullerornis</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Casuariiformes" title="Casuariiformes">Casuariiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Diogenornis" title="Diogenornis">Diogenornis</a></i>?</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Casuariidae" title="Casuariidae">Casuariidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Cassowary" title="Cassowary">Casuarius</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Dromaius" title="Dromaius">Dromaius</a></i></li>

<li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="Emuarius" title="Emuarius">Emuarius</a></i></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Diamantornis</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Incognitoolithus" title="Incognitoolithus">Incognitoolithus</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Medioolithus" title="Medioolithus">Medioolithus</a></i></li>

<li><i>Namornis</i></li>

<li><i>Psammornis</i></li>

<li><i>Tsondabornis</i></li></ul>

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<ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131762" class="extiw external" title="wikidata:Q1131762">Q1131762</a></span></span></span></li>

<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anomalopteryx" class="extiw external" title="wikispecies:Anomalopteryx">Anomalopteryx</a></span></span></span></li>

<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">ButMoth: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/buttmoth/resource/c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c?q=1780.0+&view_id=3ae940ca-69b8-430b-9cb8-8b509cac5289&field=Author&value=">1780.0</a></span></span></li>

<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/379614">379614</a></span></span></li>

<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Paleobiology_Database" title="Paleobiology Database">Paleobiology Database</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39296">39296</a></span></span></li></ul>

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