Birds of Maui - Field Guide
A guide to birds you may encounter on the island of Maui.
Maui Nui Moa-nalo
The Maui Nui Large-billed Moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous), also known as the Maui Nui Moa-nalo, is one of two species of moa-nalo in the genus Thambetochen. Moa-nalo are a group of extinct, flightless, large goose-like ducks, which evolved in the Hawaiian Islands of the North Pacific Ocean.
Ptaiochen pau
The Small-billed Moa-nalo (Ptaiochen pau), also known as the Stumbling Moa-nalo, is a species of moa-nalo, one of a group of extinct, flightless, large goose-like ducks, which evolved in the Hawaiian Islands of the North Pacific Ocean. It was described in 1991 from subfossil material collected in September 1982 by Storrs Olson, Helen James and others, from the Auwahi Cave ...more ↓
