#moa bird

A reconstruction of a female coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus), also called the broad-billed or stout-legged moa, built for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 2006. [x]

Adult females of this species could be over twice the size of adult males. Individuals from the southern part of the country were larger and more robust than those from the north.

This moa species also had an elongated windpipe similar to some modern-day swans and cranes, suggesting it could make loud, resonating calls: "The windpipe included a loop up to one metre long that ran downwards inside the left side of the body, and across to the other side before it doubled back on itself to the breast and into the lungs." [x]

Simulated call of a coastal moa:

Recently extinct birds pt 11

Moa ( order: Dinornithiformes )

I know this is a week or so late, but Happy 100th to the wonderful man known as David Attenborough! 🌺🦜🪼🪸🌿🦥🦋🦧🦕🪲🐝🐢🦑🦍

Words cannot describe how meaningful his documentaries have been for me growing up, and how much he has contributed to the education and conservation of the natural world. 💖

To celebrate, I drew a moa, an extinct bird from David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive (one of the first David Attenborough documentaries I ever watched) I've linked a video with clips of the moa from that documentary specifically if you’re curious:

As per usual, timelapse is under the cut (content warning for mild flashing images/colours):

Also just look at this fucken cowboy!!!