Additionally, the family has been called "Thunder birds", "giant emus", "giant runners", "demon ducks" and "Mihirungs" after the western Victorian Indigenous Australian term "mihirung paringmal" for a "giant emu".
The family has been called "Thunder birds", "giant emus", "giant runners", "demon ducks" and "Mihirungs" after the western Victorian Indigenous Australian term "mihirung paringmal" for a "giant emu". This was additionally.