New Zealand goose

New Zealand geese
Temporal range: Otiran-Holocene
Skeletons of the South Island goose (right) and Cape Barren goose (left)

Extinct (NZ TCS)(C. gracilis)

Extinct (NZ TCS)(C. calcitrans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anserinae
Genus: Cnemiornis
Owen 1866
Species
  • C. gracilis
  • C. calcitrans

The extinct New Zealand geese are a genus, Cnemiornis, of very large flightless geese in the family Anatidae. The genus, endemic to New Zealand, consists of two species: the North Island goose (Cnemiornis gracilis) and the South Island goose (Cnemiornis calcitrans).