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Definition of Notornis

Notornis
Notornis No*tor"nis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the south, or southwest + ? bird.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

Meaning of Notornis from wikipedia

- Mantell, and in 1848 he coined the genus Notornis ("southern bird") for them, naming the new species Notornis mantelli. The bird was presumed by Western...
- Sarisophora notornis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2012. It is found in Papua New Guinea. Savela, Markku...
- specimen had come from Norfolk Island, and ****igned the species to the genus Notornis as N. alba; the takahē (P. hochstetteri) of New Zealand was also placed...
- original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2017. Official website Notornis and Birds New Zealand search Notornis and Birds New Zealand browse...
- as P. (Notornis) caerulescens, indicating an affinity with the takahē (now called Porphyrio hochstetteri, then also referred to as Notornis by some authors)...
- (Conclusion of series)". Notornis. 24 (2): 65–74. Blackburn, A. (1982-01-01). "A 1927 record of the Laughing Owl". Notornis. 29 (1): 79. Parkinson, Brian...
- and Extinction of the Stephens Island Wren (Traversia lyalli)" (PDF). Notornis. 51: 193–200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2008. Scrimgeour...
- PMID 38018770. Phillipps, W. J. (1959): The Last (?) Occurrence of Notornis in the North Island. Notornis 8(4): 93–94. [1] Worthy, Trevor H. & Holdaway R. N. (2002):...
- "Shipwrecks and mollymawks: an account of Disappointment Island birds". Notornis. 67 (1): 213–245. Jones, K. K.; Dingwall, P. R. (1 January 2009). "Historic...
- (Strigops habroptilus), and the context of its conservation management" (PDF). Notornis. 53 (1): 3–26. "Kākāpō Recovery". Department of Conservation. New Zealand...