11001-76508 South Island laughing owl (Ninox albifacies) museum mount. About twice the size of of its close relative, the morepork, this long-legged owl looked and behaved quite differently. It was extinct by about 1930. Although it coexisted with early European settlement, the introduction of mustelids and cats probably brought about its demise. *
11001-75903 Morepork, or ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae) adult with freshly captured lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata). Rangataua Forest *
11001-75915 Morepork, or ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae) adult with freshly captured lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata). Rangataua Forest *
