Moa-nalo - Wikipedia
The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaiʻi itself, in the Pacific. They were the major herbivores on most of these islands until they became extinct after human settlement.
Moa-Nalo - Facts and Figures - ThoughtCo
2019年10月26日 · Collectively known as Moa-Nalo, these birds actually comprised three separate, closely related, and nearly unpronounceable genera: Chelychelynechen, Thambetochen and Ptaiochen.
Small-billed moa-nalo - Wikipedia
The small-billed moa-nalo (Ptaiochen pau), also known as the stumbling moa-nalo, is a species of moa-nalo, one of a group of extinct, flightless, large goose-like ducks, which evolved in the Hawaiian Islands of the North Pacific Ocean.
Birds were critical factor in natural history of the islands
2020年1月11日 · Moa-nalo are a group of flightless birds that lived in Hawaii for over 3 million years until humans arrived. They had large, massive turtlelike beaks, complete with teeth. Some species were...
Oʻahu moa-nalo - Wikipedia
The Oʻahu moa-nalo (Thambetochen xanion) is one of two species of moa-nalo in the genus Thambetochen. Moa-nalo are a group of extinct , flightless , large goose-like ducks , which evolved in the Hawaiian Islands of the North Pacific Ocean .
Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian …
1999年11月11日 · The extinct moa-nalos were very large, flightless waterfowl from the Hawaiian islands. We extracted, amplified and sequenced mitochondrial DNA from fossil moa-nalo bones to determine their systematic relationships and lend insight into their biogeographical history.
Moa-nalo - It's Nature
2010年3月22日 · The Moa-nalo were a species of ducks that were similar physically to geese and native to the larger of the Hawaiian Islands in the pacific. These large herbivorous ducks, although native to the Hawaiian Islands did not inhabit Hawaii itself are they are believed to have been the main herbivores of the Hawaiian Islands before
Moa-Nalos (Tribe Thambetochenini) - iNaturalist
The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaiʻi itself, in the Pacific. They were the major herbivores on most of these islands for the last 3 million years or so, until they became extinct after human settlement.
Island Weirdness #40 — Moa-Nalo – Nix Illustration
The dominant herbivores of most the islands were the moa-nalo — no relation to the moa of New Zealand — a group of large flightless birds that resembled giant geese but were actually descended from ducks, with their closest living relative …
Meet One of the Curators Behind the Smithsonian’s 640,000 Birds
2021年1月5日 · One group of ducks evolved into these heavy-bodied, ponderous, ground-walking birds — called the moa-nalo — that would feed on mostly leafy vegetation. In essence, they were occupying the...
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