Wilaru

Wilaru
Temporal range: late Oligocene to early Miocene
Postcranial elements of Wilaru compared to Presbyornis pervetus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: Presbyornithidae
Genus: Wilaru
Boles et al., 2013
Type species
Wilaru tedfordi
Boles et al., 2013
Other species
  • W. prideauxi
    De Pietri et al., 2020

Wilaru is an extinct genus of presbyornithid bird from Australia during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, around 26-22 million years ago. The type species is Wilaru tedfordi, and the second species is Wilaru prideauxi.