Upland moa

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phylum Chordata The upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) was a species of moa bird endemic to New Zealand. It was a member of the ratite family, a type of flightless bird with no keel on the sternum. It was the last moa species to become extinct, vanishing around 1500 CE.

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clade Diapsida
Class Aves
order Dinornithiformes
family †Dinornithidae
genus †Megalapteryx
species M. didinus