Elephant bird
"Elephant bird" in a Sentence (3 examples)
The fossil record is also poor for moa and the aepyornid elephant birds, in that both are mainly known from remains that date from historical times.
Another very notable feature of Madagascar was the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus), an enormous relative of the ostrich which reached 3 m in height.
All^([of order Struthioniformes]) except tinamous are flightless; they include the largest birds ever known (moas and elephant birds) and the largest living bird (Ostrich).