Flightless bird more species of flightless birds (including the kiwi, several species of penguins, the takahe, the weka, the moa, and several other extinct species) than any other such location. One reason is that until the arrival of humans roughly a thousand years ago, there were no large land predators in New Zealand; the main predators of flightless birds were larger birds. Ratites belong to the superorder Palaeognathae birds, which include the volant tinamou, and are believed to have evolved flightlessness independently multiple times within their own group. Some birds evolved flightlessness in response to the absence of predators, for example on
Birds of Prey (band) carried in national stores including Wal-Mart, FYE and Virgin Records super stores. The band released "Momma" and "Juvie" to their Myspace before allowing the album to be streamed in its entirety the week of its release at www.thehellpreacher.info. With the release of their third album the band has finally set their sights on playing live and have scheduled their first live show to be at Maryland Deathfest VII, May 28–30 alongside metal giants such as Eyehategod, Converge, Incantation and 16. Birds of Prey (band) Birds of Prey is a Southern-influenced death metal supergroup hailing from Richmond, Virginia. They released their