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The extinct huia
The last confirmed sighting of the huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) was in 1907. This illustration from Sir Walter Buller’s A History of the Birds of New Zealand shows a male and female huia perched in a tītoki tree.
Rights: Huia birds, male and female. Harris, Esme, fl 1980-1981:Photographs. Ref: PA11-046-11. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23081750
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