New Zealand Birds

11001-00401 Crested moa (Pachyornis australis) skull [S27896] from Honeycomb Hill Cave, Karamea. This moa lived in the far north and far south of the South Island, and could cope with the cold alpine terrain there. Cranial pits in the skull, suggest it may have been crested *

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11001-00401 Crested moa (Pachyornis australis) skull [S27896] from Honeycomb Hill Cave, Karamea. This moa lived in the far north and far south of the South Island, and could cope with the cold alpine terrain there. Cranial pits in the skull, suggest it may have been crested *

00401 Crested moa skull Pachyornis australis S27896 Honeycomb Hill Cave Karamea south island alpine terrain Cranial pits