The cladogram below follows a 2009 analysis by Bunce et al.:

Description

Size

The South Island giant moa was the largest species of moa. Adult females stood up to 2 metre tall at the back, and could reach foliage up to 3.6 metre off the ground, making them the tallest bird species known. Despite their great height, Dinornis robustus was found to have weighed only 200 kg on average, with upper estimates of

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