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The nēnē-nui (Hawaiian: "great nēnē") or wood-walking goose (translation of Branta hylobadistes) is an extinct species of goose that once inhabited Maui and possibly (or closely related species) Kauaokinai, Ookinaahu and perhaps Molokaokinai in the Hawaiian Islands.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: American Ornithological Society, Aridity, Branta rhuax, Canada goose, Fossil, Goose, Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian language, Helen F. James, Holocene, Kauai, Maui, Moa-nalo, Molokai, Nene (bird), Oahu, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Storrs L. Olson.

  2. Branta
  3. Taxa named by Helen F. James
  4. Taxa named by Storrs L. Olson

American Ornithological Society

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States.

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Aridity

Aridity is the condition of a region that severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.

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Branta rhuax

Branta rhuax, the giant Hawaii goose, is an extinct goose endemic to the island of Hawaiokinai. Nēnē-nui and Branta rhuax are Branta, extinct birds of Hawaii, Holocene extinctions and Late Quaternary prehistoric birds.

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Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. Nēnē-nui and canada goose are Branta and Geese.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Goose

A goose (geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. Nēnē-nui and goose are Geese.

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Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.

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Hawaiian language

Hawaiian (Ōlelo Hawaii) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiokinai, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.

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Helen F. James

Helen Frances James (born May 22, 1956) is an American paleontologist and paleornithologist who has published extensively on the fossil birds of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Kauai

Kauai, anglicized as Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.

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Maui

Maui (Hawaiian) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2).

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Moa-nalo

The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaiokinai itself, in the Pacific. Nēnē-nui and moa-nalo are endemic fauna of Hawaii, extinct birds of Hawaii, Holocene extinctions and Late Quaternary prehistoric birds.

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Molokai

Molokai (Hawaiian: Molokaʻi) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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Nene (bird)

The nene (Branta sandvicensis), also known as the nēnē or the Hawaiian goose, is a species of bird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Nēnē-nui and nene (bird) are Branta and Geese.

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Oahu

Oahu (Hawaiian: Oʻahu) is the most populated and third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.

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Storrs L. Olson

Storrs Lovejoy Olson (April 3, 1944 – January 20, 2021) was an American biologist and ornithologist who spent his career at the Smithsonian Institution, retiring in 2008.

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See also

Branta

Taxa named by Helen F. James

Taxa named by Storrs L. Olson

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nēnē-nui

Also known as Branta hylobadistes, Nene-nui, Nenenui.