Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo

Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo
Temporal range: Holocene
Reconstruction of species’ appearance: Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (left), small-billed moa-nalo (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Thambetochen
Species:
T. chauliodous
Binomial name
Thambetochen chauliodous
Olson & Wetmore, 1976
Synonyms
  • "Maui Thambetochen sp. A" Olson and James, 1984

The Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous), also known as the Maui Nui moa-nalo, 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.[1]

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