Little bush moa

Scientific name: Anomalopteryx didiformis

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0557

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ছোট ঝোপের মোয়া
Kleiner Waldmoa
Little bush moa
Moa pequeño de matorral
موآی بوته‌زار کوچک
Petit moa des buissons
छोटा झाड़ी मोआ
Moa semak kecil
小型のヤブモア（Anomalopteryx didiformis）
Moa belukar kecil
Moa-pequeno-do-mato
Малый кустарниковый моа
Küçük çalı moası
چھوٹا جھاڑی موآ
小灌木恐鸟（Anomalopteryx didiformis）

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Sources

1Little bush moa | Moariki | New Zealand Birds OnlineSRC-DSC-ED494A064B
2GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Anomalopteryx didiformisSRC-DSC-9F40998CB0
3A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa (Science Advances 2024)SRC-DSC-7D09E682EC

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T130156930 · last approved 8 November 2026

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Taxonomy

The bush moa was the only species in the genus Anomalopteryx.

SRC-DSC-ED494A064B

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1Little bush moa | Moariki | New Zealand Birds OnlineSRC-DSC-ED494A064B

Key facts

The bush moa, Anomalopteryx didiformis, described by Owen in 1844, is an accepted species of the moa order and the family Emeidae.

SRC-DSC-ED494A064B · SRC-DSC-9F40998CB0

Sources (2)

Sources

1Little bush moa | Moariki | New Zealand Birds OnlineSRC-DSC-ED494A064B
2GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Anomalopteryx didiformisSRC-DSC-9F40998CB0

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Little bush moa

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