New Zealand Birds
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11001-24501 King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding on Macquarie Island and occassionally visiting NZ's subantarctic islands. Portrait of walking bird *
Kingpenguin24501Aptenodytes patagonicusoccassionalvisitorsubantarcticislandsMacquarie Islandwalking
![11001-00609 Eastern moa (Emeus crassus) pelvis [S27896] showing damage from the giant eagle (Harpagornis). Pyramid Valley. Eastern moa lived only in the South Island lowlands, in forests, grasslands, dunelands, and shrublands. Females were 15-25% larger than males, and like almost all moa species, it was extinct by the year 1500 *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-JkThsRT/10/424d770b/Ti/eastern%20moa_00609v-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00608 Eastern moa (Emeus crassus) pelvis [S27896] showing damage from the giant eagle (Harpagornis). Pyramid Valley. Eastern moa lived only in the South Island lowlands, in forests, grasslands, dunelands, and shrublands. Females were 15-25% larger than males, and like almost all moa species, it was extinct by the year 1500 *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-LZ2t8Zm/10/e2c56aec/Ti/eastern%20moa_00608v-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00302 Heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) eggshell of large wingless ground bird now extinct but formerly widespread in the South Island lowlands, in forests, shrublands, dunelands and grasslands. This is one of W.B.D. Mantell's original reconstructions [MNZS00002] from Awamoa, near Oamaru *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-4gqg7hV/4/daeddc45/Ti/imp%20Heavy-footed%20moa_00302v-Ti.jpg)