What ornithological family did Owen describe in 1840?
Owls
Parrots
Dinornithidae
Eagles
Answer
Dinornithidae is a family of extinct flightless birds, also known as moas. The family was first described by Richard Owen in 1840, and includes all of the known species of moa. The moas were large birds, with the largest species, Dinornis robustus, reaching a height of over three metres and weighing over 250 kilograms.
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