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	Adzebill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The adzebills (genus Aptornis) were two closely related bird species, the North Island Adzebill (Aptornis otidiformis Owen 1844) and the South Island Adzebill (Aptornis defossor Owen 1871) of the extinct family Aptornithidae (Mantell 1848).
		In life the adzebills were massive gruiforms, the size of small moa (with which they were initially confused with on their discovery) with enormous downward pointed bill.
		The adzebills were never as common as the moa, and subjected to the same hunting pressure as the moa and other large birds by the settling Polynesians, they went extinct before the arrival of European explorers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adzebill (369 words)

	Biodiversity of New Zealand Encyclopedia Article @ Consists.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Some of these immigrants arrived long enough ago that their affinities to their Australian ancestors are uncertain; for example, the affinities of the unusual Short-tailed Bat were unknown until fossils from the Miocene were found in Australia.
		It has been suggested that the unusual adzebills is related to the Kagu of New Caledonia.
		New Zealand's emblematic kiwi fills the role of a small forager of the leaf-litter, and the enigmatic adzebill was a universal omnivore.
	www.consists.org /encyclopedia/Biodiversity_of_New_Zealand (1972 words)

	New Zealand extinct bird, Adzebill, Aptornis otidiformis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		They have been classified into the North Island adzebill (Aptornis otidiformis, Owen 1844) and the South Island adzebill (Aptornis defossor, Owen 1871).
		In 1995, Weber and Hesse expressed their suspicion that the Galloanserae may be the sister group to the Aptornithidae, on the basis of cranial characteristics.
		Adzebill bones have been found at many sites in the North and South Islands, including Maori kitchen middens.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/adzebill.html (358 words)

	Moa Stamps
		This Moa sheet is part of a six stamp set about extinct birds.
		The others are the Adzebill, Laughing Owl, Piopio, Hala, and Giant Eagle.
		The Moa appears as one panel on a souvenir sheet of twelve depicting prehistoric animals of the world.
	www.pibburns.com /cryptost/moa.htm (369 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - New Zealand - Unique and Threated Biodiversity
		The hotspot has suffered 20 bird extinctions since 1500, including Stephens Island wren (Traversia lyalli), the only case in which an entire species was rendered extinct by the predatory instincts of a single introduced cat.
		Other historically extinct species include the giant flightless moas, which could grow to more than 3.5 meters in height, the bizarre flightless adzebill (Aptornis), which weighed up to 10 kilograms and bears no resemblance to any other known bird, and the largest eagle in the world, Haast's eagle (Harpagornis moorei), which preyed on moa.
		A recent staggering development was the 2003 rediscovery of the New Zealand storm petrel (Oceanites maorianus, CR) in waters just off North Island.
	www.conservation.org /xp/Hotspots/new_zealand/biodiversity.xml (1151 words)

	Cowley Films - Line Production
		This specialisation, and the adaptations which make New Zealand's wildlife so unique, render them extremely vulnerable to introduced predators (such as rats and cats) and competitors (such as deer and possums) and loss of habitat.
		In the pre-1800 period following the arrival and expansion of Mäori, forest cover was reduced and some 34 species became extinct including moa, the adzebill and the flightless goose.
		In the much shorter post-1800 period of European settlement the area of forest was further reduced to around 25 percent of the land, nine more birds became extinct and many more are threatened.
	www.cowleyfilms.com /production/nzinfo/quickfacts.asp (1797 words)

	Worthy, Holdaway - Quaternary fossil faunas from Canterbury caves
		The moa fauna was dominated by the heavy-footed moa Pachyornis elephantopus, but the stout-legged moa Euryapteryx geranoides, upland moa Megalapteryx didinus, large bush moa Dinornis novaezealandiae, and slender moa D.
		New Zealand quail and pipits Anthus novaeseelandiae were absent from the local fauna which was dominated by a range of forest species.
		However, the presence of adzebills and Finsch's ducks, both absent in Holocene forests farther west, reflects the low rainfall and seasonal dryness of the area.
	www.rsnz.org /publish/jrsnz/1995/43.php (642 words)

	Otago Museum's Southern Land, Southern People
		Alongside it are exhibits demonstrating the impacts of island isolation and the evolution of large size and flightlessness among New Zealand's birds.
		The world's most complete collections of moa skeletons is on display here, together with the subfossil remains of eagle, adzebill and other extinct fauna.
		The themes begin with discovery, exploration and survival in the last habitable landmass discovered by humans.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/southern_land.html (815 words)

	OEDILF - Word Lookup
		Now it's only its bones that we seek.
		The adzebill stood up to 80cm high, and could weigh as much as 12kg.
		It lived only in New Zealand and was not closely related to any other known species of bird.
	www.oedilf.com /db/Lim.php?Word=adzebill (159 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Extinct Bird Subspecies
		This page features the birds and other animals that became extinct after the arrival of the Polynesians and the Europeans in New Zealand.
		You can find on that page many birds, like the New Zealand Pelican, New Zealand Swan, Adzebill, Haast's Eagle, the Moa species, and the recently extinct birds of this page from New Zealand.
		This page will give you much information on the 10 recognised moa species.
	www.petermaas.nl /extinct/birdsubspecies.htm (404 words)

	When was New Zealand first settled? - The adzebill - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		- The adzebill - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		Many, like the adzebill, which weighed up to 25 kg, remain a mystery.
		What is clear is that Polynesians ate them, as adzebill remains have been found in midden sites.
	www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/WhenWasNewZealandFirstSettled/7/ENZ-Resources/Standard/2/en (222 words)

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