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Huia (extinct) Heteralocha acutirostris
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Callaeidae
Genus: Heteralocha
Species: H. acutirostris
Binomial name: Heteralocha acutirostris
Synonyms: Heteralocha gouldii, Neomorpha gouldi.
Common name: Huia
The Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) was a New Zealand native bird hunted to extinction by the Maori and the Europeans. The last confirmed sighting of a huia in the wild was in 1907.
For a full description and details of this birds extinction visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huia
http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/1339
The photograph is of a mounted specimen of a female Huia at Zealandia, Wellington.
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