moa: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Dinornithiformes

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Illustration of a female moa (Dinornis robustus), a large, extinct, flightless bird with an ostrich-like appearance, long neck, and shaggy brownish feathers, shown standing upright with a size scale beside it.

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