South Island Giant Moa
(Dinornis robustus)
The South Island Giant Moa (Dinornis robustus) is a large flightless bird from New Zealand was first documented in1846.
The South Island giant moa is known for being one of the tallest birds to ever exist standing at over 12ft (3.6m) and a weight of over 510lbs (230kg). Humans arrived in NZ around 1300A.D. and by 1445 had hunted the South Island Giant Moa to extinction.
Natural Curios blog (https://www.naturalcurios.com/)has a Moa memoriam page dedicated to the Moa and other often overlooked species.