New Zealand Birds
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DSC_6355 North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) close up of head showing both kiwi ticks (Ixodes anatis) and cattle ticks (Haemaphysalis longicornis). Ponui Island *
kiwiticksDSC6355North Islandbrown kiwiApteryxmantelliclose upheadIxodesanatiscattle tickHaemaphysalislongicornisPonui Island
![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)
![11001-00702 Stout-legged moa (Euryapteryx curtus gravis) skull [S30212] from Paynes Ford, Takaka, of a large extinct flightless bird once abundant in the dry eastern regions of both the North and South Islands *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-X59rtS9/1/f2f5c6bc/Ti/stout-legged%20moa_00702-Ti.jpg)
![11001-00706 Stout-legged moa (Euryapteryx curtus gravis) egg [OM Av7479] from Ettrick Burn, Otago, of a large extinct flightless bird once abundant in the dry eastern regions of both the North and South Islands *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-4KwFdTC/0/05c5c3a2/Ti/SI%20Stout-legged%20moa_00706v-Ti.jpg)
