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Common Oʻahu moa nalo Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands; Extinct

Ventral view of rostrum (upper bill).

Moa nalo were flightless goose-like ducks. At least four species, were known to exist: Tortoise-jaw moa nalo (Chelychelynechen quassus), Clumsy moa nalo (Ptaiochen pau), Maui Nui moa nalo (Thambetochen chauliodus), and Common Oʻahu moa nalo (T. xanion)--all now extinct.

These specimens came from the Barber's Point sinkholes, Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands. Identified by the late Alan C. Ziegler in 1992.
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Thambetochen xanion

Author David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA

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