Nene (bird)
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The nene, also known as the nēnē or the Hawaiian goose, is a species of bird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The nene is exclusively found in the wild on the islands of Maui, Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, and Ha
Branta sandvicensis LC399
Nēnē gosling on Kauaʻi
Unison calling Kīlauea Point
Nēnē egg specimens
Moa-nalo
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The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaiʻi itself, in the Pacific. They were the major herbivores on most of these islands
Nene (bird)
…times larger than the nene. It is believed that the herbivorous giant Hawaiʻi goose occupied the same ecological niche as the goose-like ducks known as moa-nalo, which were not present on the Big Island. Based on mitochondrial DNA found in fossils, all Hawaiian geese, living and extinct, are closely related to…
Chelychelynechen quassus
Reconstruction of Thambetochen xanion
Rostrum and sternum of Thambetochen xanion
A sapling of Cyanea platyphylla, showing the prickles that probably evolved as a defense against feeding by moa-nalo.