Wildfowl in our nation

Our colonists in our nation report that the island is home to a large, flightless and rather ugly bird with an ungainly gait. Apparently, the bird is exceedingly easy to hunt, having never before had to deal with any large predators, and its meat produces a pleasant taste in the mouth. Already, its numbers are beginning to dwindle. Our Natural Scientist our nation has taken a personal interest in the reports and proposes a scientific expedition to capture live specimens of this species and bring them to our capital for study before they succumb to extinction, the perennial fate of species so palpably ill-suited to coexistence with humans.