Sentences with phrase «large flightless birds»

Mononychus measured up to a metre from its beak to the tip of its tail, but it resembled none of today's large flightless birds — ostriches, rheas, emus, cassowaries and kiwis.

After the mass extinctions of the Cretaceous, many terrestrial ecosystems were dominated by large flightless birds.

This firm placement of Gastornis as an herbivore suggests that the community structure of Paleocene Europe was different from that found in North America at the time, and may in fact have been quite similar to the later systems seen on islands, such as Madagascar, where large flightless birds filled many different niches.

With few trees to obstruct views, it is one of the best places in the country to watch tapir (Tapirus terrestris), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), and, of course, the greater rhea (Rhea americana), the large flightless bird related to the ostrich which is locally known as «ema» in Portuguese.

Known as one of Tropical North Queensland «s most scenic beaches, Etty Bay is truly where the rainforest meets the sea and it's where you can spot Australia's largest flightless bird, the Southern Cassowary.

This large flightless bird can be found in the rainforest surrounding the area and is fascinating to watch.

Not exact matches

For millions of years, nine species of large, flightless birds known as moas (Dinornithiformes) thrived in New Zealand.

There was the sunburn that made lying in a sleeping bag excruciating (that was the hubby), rain that nearly washed our tent off a hill and some sort of large, flightless bird threatening to run into camp and do away with us (raccoons sound a lot like squawking chickens, and yes, that one was all me).