Broad-billed moa (Euryapteryx curtus) Description Euryapteryx gravis (curtus).
Date 2012
Author FunkMonk (Michael B. H.) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:FunkMonk
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The broad-billed moa, stout-legged moa or coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus) is an extinct species of moa. These moa lived in both the North and the South Islands of New Zealand, and on Stewart Island. Its habitat was in the lowlands (dunelands, forests, shrublands, and grasslands). It was a ratite and a member of the Struthioniformes Order. The Struthioniformes are flightless birds with a sternum without a keel. They also have a distinctive palate. The origin of these birds is becoming clearer as it is now believed that early ancestors of these birds were able to fly and flew to the southern areas that they have been found in. Order: Dinornithiformes, Family: Emeidae.
Synonyms:
Cela Reichenbach 1853 non Moehring 1758
Celeus Bonaparte 1856 non Boie 1831
Zelornis Oliver 1949
Dinornis curtus Owen, 1846
Cela curtus (Owen 1846) Reichenbach, 1850
Celeus curtus (Owen 1846) Bonaparte, 1865
Anomalopteryx curta (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891
Euryapteryx curtus (Owen 1846) Archey 1941
Mesopteryx species α Parker 1895
Euryapteryx exilis Hutton, 1897
Zelornis exilis (Hutton 1897) Oliver 1949
Euryapteryx tane Oliver 1949
Dinornis gravis Owen, 1870
Pachyornis gravis (Owen 1870)
Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton 1891 non Pachyornis pygmaeus Hutton 1895
Emeus gravipes Lydekker, 1891
Euryapteryx gravipes (Lydekker 1891) Oliver 1930
Euryapteryx compacta Hutton 1893
Emeus crassus Parker 1895 non (Owen 1846) Reichenbach 1853
Euryapteryx ponderosa Hamilton 1898 non Hutton 1891
Emeus boothi Rothschild 1907
Emeus haasti Rothschild 1907 non Palaeocasuarius haasti Rothschild 1907
Zelornis haasti (Rothschild 1907) Oliver 1949
Euryapteryx haasti (Rothschild 1907)
Emeus parkeri Rothschild 1907
Euryapteryx kuranui Oliver 1930
Euryapteryx geranoides Checklist Committee 1990 non Palapteryx geranoides
