Bird of a vanishing species was seen in N. Zealand

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1 total messages Started by Anthony L. Lang Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:44

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Author: Anthony L. Lang
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:44

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In article: <38401@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
 mariou@astro.astro.ufl.edu (Mariou Gottesman) writes:
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>Does anyone know anything about this ?  A moa was sighted?
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>Please send me any information you have.  Thanks
>

Many of the native species of birds are close to 
extinction (others are already extinct), so it could
be any one of a number of species.  However, the species
of greatest concern is the KAKAPO (Strigops sp.), a nearly
flightless nocturnal parrot that looks a lot like an owl.
-- 

Anthony Lang
Dept. of Zoology, 
University of Toronto

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