Vorombe titan

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Initially described by C. W. Andrews as Aepyornis titan in 1894. Vorombe is a new genus described in 2018. Vorombe titan was the largest and heaviest bird known to date with a weight of 650 kg (perhaps even 800 kg) and a height of 3 m.

phys.org/news/2018-09-team-world-largest-birdvorombe-titan.html

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180926082706.htm

www.independent.co.uk/environment/largest-bird-elephant-vorombe-titan-madagascar-world-biggest-a8555666.html

blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/09/25/elephant-bird/#.W6xHVE0UlCE

www.livescience.com/63675-worlds-largest-bird-is-vorombe-titan.html

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Hansford, James P. and Turvey, Samuel T. (2020). Correction to ‘Unexpected diversity within the extinct elephant birds (Aves: Aepyornithidae) and a new identity for the world's largest bird’. R. Soc. Open Sci. 7: 201358. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201358

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Synonym of Aepyornis maximus

Alicia Grealy, Gifford H. Miller, Matthew J. Phillips, Simon J. Clarke, Marilyn Fogel, Diana Patalwala, Paul Rigby, Alysia Hubbard, Beatrice Demarchi, Matthew Collins, Meaghan Mackie, Jorune Sakalauskaite, Josefin Stiller, Julia A. Clarke, Lucas J. Legendre, Kristina Douglass, James Hansford, James Haile & Michael Bunce, 2023
Molecular exploration of fossil eggshell uncovers hidden lineage of giant extinct bird

Nature Communications. 14 (1). 914
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36405-3

www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36405-3