extinct birds library

Learn about birds that are no longer living, from the earliest species, Archaeopteryx, to more modern species like the Mao.

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Aepyornis, a genus of gigantic flightless birds of the extinct elephant bird order. See more »

Aepyornis, a genus of gigantic flightless birds of the extinct elephant bird order.

Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird, now extinct. It lived about 150 million years ago.

Dodo, a large flightless bird that once lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean but is now extinct.

Moa,or Dinornis, an extinct flightless bird of New Zealand. There were about 20 species of moas.

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