Profile
In flight
Ghosts of the Past
Giant Moa
Dinornis robustus
- mythic
- 5 km/h
- Extinct
12 feet tall and 500 years extinct. Somehow still delivering messages from beyond the grave.
- Population
- Extinct
- Habitat
- Forest, shrubland, grassland, and subalpine herbfield
- Fun fact
- Females were dramatically larger than males, an extreme example of sexual size dimorphism in birds.
- Range
- South Island and Stewart Island, New Zealand
- Diet
- Leaves, twigs, fruit, seeds, and herbs
- Size
- 3.6 m
