- (Hawaiian: "great nēnē") or wood-walking
goose (translation of
Branta hylobadistes) is an
extinct species of
goose that once
inhabited Maui and possibly...
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prehistoric giant Hawaiʻi
goose (Branta rhuax) and the nēnē-nui (Branta
hylobadistes). The nēnē-nui was
larger than the nene,
varied from
flightless to flighted...
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extinct in
prehistoric times: †Nēnē-nui or wood-walking goose,
Branta hylobadistes (prehistoric)
Similar but
hitherto undescribed remains are
known from...
- Nui large-billed moa-nalo,
Thambetochen chauliodous † Nēnē-nui,
Branta hylobadistes † (possibly
flightless or very weak flier)
Giant Hawaiʻi goose, Branta...
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changes to
vegetation caused by livestock. 1046-1380 Nēnē-nui
Branta hylobadistes Oahu, Hawaii,
United States Probably hunting or
introduced predators...
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Common name
Scientific name
Range Comments Pictures Nēnē-nui
Branta hylobadistes Maui,
possibly Oahu and
Kauai Most
recent remains dated to 1046-1380....
- duck,
Malacorhynchus scarletti (New Zealand)
Branta Nēnē-nui,
Branta hylobadistes (Maui,
possibly Kauaʻi and Oʻahu,
Hawaiian Islands)
Giant Hawaiʻi goose...
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Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888,
Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872.
Branta hylobadistes Valid Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
Storrs L.
Olson Helen F.
James Holocene Maui...
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hutchinsii (Richardson 1832) (Richardson's
cackling goose) †Branta
hylobadistes Olson &
James 1991 (Greater nene, Nēnē-nui)
Branta sandvicensis (Vigors...
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gravispinosa Brachidontes †Brachidontes
crebristriatus Branta †Branta
hylobadistes – or
unidentified related form
Bulla †Bulla
peasei Bursa †Bursa bufonia...
