What is Dinornis?
{{Taxobox |name = ''Dinornis maximus'' |image = Moa_in_Wellington_Museum.jpg |image_width = 220px |image_caption = ''Dinornis giganteus'' |regnum = [[Animal]]ia |phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |classis = [[bird|Aves]] |ordo = [[Struthioniformes]] |familia = [[Moa|Dinornithidae]] |genus = '''''Dinornis''''' |genus_authority = [[Richard Owen|Owen]], [[1843]] |subdivision_ranks = |subdivision = }} '''''Dinornis''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[ratite]] birds. They are [[ostrich]]-like birds of gigantic size, known as [[Moa]]. They were unique to [[New Zealand]]. The genus has five species: ''[[Dinornis novaezealandiae|D. novaezealandiae]]'' <small>North Island Giant Moa</small><br/> ''[[Dinornis giganteus|D. giganteus]]'' <small>South Island Giant Moa</small><br> ''[[Dinornis struthoides|D. struthoides]]''<br> ''Dinornis'' new lineage A <small>(undescribed taxon)</small><br/> ''Dinornis'' new lineage B <small>(undescribed taxon)</small><br> == Large birds == *[[Elephant bird]] **''[[Aepyornis]]'' *[[Terror birds]] **''[[Phorusrhacos]]'' **''[[Brontornis]]'' **''[[Dromornis]]'' *''[[Gastornis]]'' (''Diatryma'') {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Fossils]] [[Category:Moa]] [[Category:Extinct birds]]