DROMORNIS stirtoni

 

   

LOCALITY: Northern Territory, Australia
 

AGE: Late Miocene


 

SIZE: Approx. 3.2 meters high


 

MEANING OF NAME: Stirton's Thunder Bird

 

CLASSIFICATION: Flightless Bird

The largest dromornithid, it  may have been the heaviest bird to have existed. It was 3.2 m tall and  estimated to be 500 kg.
 

 

 

Dromornis at Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture