- The
adzebills,
genus Aptornis, were two
closely related bird species, the
North Island adzebill, (Aptornis otidiformis), and the
South Island adzebill, (Aptornis...
-
flufftails (Sarothruridae),
finfoots and
sungrebe (Heliornithidae),
adzebills (Aptornithidae),
trumpeters (Psophiidae),
limpkin (Aramidae), and cranes...
- main prey species, nine
species of moa and
other large birds such as
adzebills,
flightless ducks, and
flightless geese, were
hunted to
extinction at...
- as a gruiform, the kagu is
generally considered related to the
extinct adzebills from New
Zealand and the
sunbittern from
Central and
South America. Recent...
-
Aptornithidae The
adzebills,
genus Aptornis, were two
closely related bird
species of the
extinct family Aptornithidae.
North Island adzebill (extinct) Order:...
- Psophiidae:
trumpeters Suborder Ralli:
rails and
allies Family †Aptornithidae:
adzebills Family Heliornithidae:
finfoots Family Sarothruridae:
flufftails Family...
- to form a
minor Gondwanan lineage which could also
include the
extinct adzebills and/or the mesites, and is of
unclear relation to the
Gruiformes proper...
- as a gruiform, the kagu is
generally considered related to the
extinct adzebills from New
Zealand and the
sunbittern from
Central and
South America. Recent...
- However, Māori rock art
depicts moa or moa-like
birds (likely
geese or
adzebills) with
necks upright,
indicating that moa were
capable of ****uming both...
- the
enormous Haast's
eagle -
their primary predator - the
omnivorous adzebills and at
least two
species of large,
flightless geese. The
Polynesians also...
