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
Pre-1970 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons Pre-1970 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons The Pre-1970 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons ran year-round from July 1 to June 30, reaching their peaks mid-February to early March. For storms in the South-West Indian Ocean, see here. The Banda Islands were hit in March. The cyclone blew the roof off of almost every house and killed 85% of nutmeg trees. A tropical cyclone hit the Banda Islands. A cyclone hit the island of Roti in April, killing 75 and destroying many homes. Around this time, a tropical cyclone hit the Kei Islands, uprooting many trees. On 20 April 1872, a