Honker

The honker was a large flightless bird native to Atlantis. They were the dominant herbivore, and the natural prey of the red-crested eagle. When humans arrived on Atlantis, the honker was easy prey for men. By 1843, John James Audubon travelled to Atlantis in the hopes of catalogueing the bird before it vanished. He succeeded, ironically killing one in order to sketch it. A few decades later, the honker was believed extinct, although, given the wilds of Atlantis, many held out hope that honkers still inhabited the island.

The honker was related to the moa of New Zealand, which was extinct by 1843.