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I can't name 40, but I can give the names of a few...

Penguin

Emu

Ostrich

Cassowary

Kiwi

Rhea

Takahe- a flightless bird thought to be extinct but found again in New Zealand

Kakapo- a rare ground parrot from New Zealand. This bird lives in a borrow. I can make a loud booming sound which can be heard from 5 km away!

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Ostrich
Emu
Cassowaries
Kiwis
Rheas

Podicipediformes (Grebes)
Junin Flightless Grebe
Titicaca Flightless Grebe

Pelicaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, et al)
Flightless Cormorant

Sphenisciformes (Penguins)
Penguins

Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
Magellanic Flightless Steamer Duck
Falkland Flightless Steamer Duck
White-headed Flightless Steamer Duck
Auckland Island Teal
Campbell Island Teal

Gruiformes (Cranes, Rails)
Woodford's Rail (probably flightless)
Weka
New Caledonian Rail
Lord Howe Woodhen
Calayan Rail
New Britain Rail
Guam Rail
Roviana Rail ("flightless, or nearly so" [Taylor 1998])
Snoring Rail
Inaccessible Island Rail
Henderson Island Crake
Invisible Rail
New Guinea Flightless Rail
Takahe
Samoan Wood Rail
Makira Wood Rail
Gough Island Moorhen
Kagu
Tasmanian Native-hen

Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Kakapo
Broad-billed Parrot (extinct)


Columbiformes (Pigeons, Doves)
Dodo (extinct)
Rodrigues Solitaire (extinct)
Viti Levu Giant Pigeon (extinct)


Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars)
New Zealand Owlet-nightjar (extinct)


Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Stephens Island Wren (extinct)


Galliformes (Wildfowl)
Silkie
Domestic turkey

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