New Zealand Birds
Read More![11001-00209 Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) the articulated foot of an extinct flightless bird once common in the subalpine regions of New Zealand's South Island. This detail from an entire leg [Av7474] from the Waikaia Catchment, Otago shows detail of the pad and scutes *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-5t3hcpx/0/bbdc90a7/L/imp%20Upland%20moa_00209v-L.jpg)
11001-00209 Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) the articulated foot of an extinct flightless bird once common in the subalpine regions of New Zealand's South Island. This detail from an entire leg [Av7474] from the Waikaia Catchment, Otago shows detail of the pad and scutes *
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![11001-00205 Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) the articulated, feathered leg of an extinct flightless bird once common in the subalpine regions of New Zealand's South Island. This remarkable leg [Av7474] from the Waikaia Catchment, Otago with its numerous feathers preserves much information about moa plumage *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-dVkSKtV/1/29357a1c/Ti/imp%20Upland%20moa_00205v-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00209 Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) the articulated foot of an extinct flightless bird once common in the subalpine regions of New Zealand's South Island. This detail from an entire leg [Av7474] from the Waikaia Catchment, Otago shows detail of the pad and scutes *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-5t3hcpx/0/bbdc90a7/Ti/imp%20Upland%20moa_00209v-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00208 Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) the articulated, feathered leg of an extinct flightless bird once common in the subalpine regions of New Zealand's South Island. This remarkable leg [Av7474] from the Waikaia Catchment, Otago with its numerous feathers preserves much information about moa plumage *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-x6Tr65R/0/0494f7e5/Ti/imp%20Upland%20moa_00208v-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00220 Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) egg of the last species of moa thought to have gone extinct (vanishing around 1500). This moa lived in South Island high-altitude beech forests.[OM Av7469] Chatto Creek, Otago *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-xbB4KfK/1/8d63a27b/Ti/upland%20moa%20egg_00220v-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00104 Little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) skull of a large wingless ground bird now extinct but formerly widespread in closed canopy forests. [#S35274] from Takaka Hill *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-vKFr3xX/13/6bf1abce/Ti/Little%20bush%20moa_00104v-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00110 Little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) egg [MNZS457] from Martinborough Cave 5, Haurangi. This large wingless ground bird is now extinct, but it was formerly widespread in closed canopy forests *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-499j2K6/4/2039423e/Ti/Little%20bush%20moa%20egg_00110-Ti.jpg)