Adzebill

The adzebills, genus Aptornis, were two closely related bird species, the North Island adzebill, Aptornis otidiformis, and the South Island adzebill, Aptornis defossor, of the extinct family Aptornithidae. The family was endemic to New Zealand. A fossil species, Aptornis proasciarostratus, is known from the Miocene Saint Bathans Fauna.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Extinct flightless birds
Category:Aptornithidae
Category:Extinct birds of new zealand
Category:Late quaternary prehistoric birds
Category:Birds