South Island giant moa

South Island giant moa Temporal range: Late Holocene
Skeleton, likely of an adult male
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	†Dinornithiformes
Family:	†Dinornithidae
Genus:	†Dinornis
Species:	†D. robustus
Binomial name
†Dinornis robustus Owen, 1846[1]
Synonyms
List Dinornis ingens var. robustus Owen, 1846 Palapteryx robustus (Owen, 1846) Owen, 1851 Dinornis maximus Haast, 1869 Dinornis altus Owen, 1879 Dinornis validus Hutton, 1891 Dinornis potens Hutton, 1891 Dinornis strenuus Hutton, 1893 Dinornis torosus Hutton, 1891 Palapteryx plenus Hutton, 1891

The South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) is an extinct species of moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori by the name moa nunui.^[2] It was one of the tallest-known bird species to walk the Earth, exceeded in weight only by the heavier but shorter elephant bird of Madagascar (also extinct).^{[citation needed]}